Himavat
deity mountain Hindu single tradition · 3
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1427 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 500
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Ramayana as the father of Ganga and Parvati.
Relationships
- parent of
- Shailaputri, Himavati, Ganga, Parvati
- co occurs with
- Bhumi Devi, Ekaparna, Ekapatala, Śiva, Indra, Daksha, Ganesha, Adi Parashakti, Kama, Kārtikeya, Satis
- child of
- Brahma
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Ganga is described as the eldest child of Himavat, son of Brahma and the king of the Himalayas, and his wife Queen Menavati, the daughter of Meru.”
#29139 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Sati is then reborn as Parvati, the daughter of Himavat and Mainavati, and is named Parvati, or 'she from the mountains', after her father Himavant who is also called king Parvat”
#29317 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5