HIMAVAT

'Himavat' ('') is the Hindu God of snow, a personification of the Himalayan mountains. Himavat fathered the more prominent Parvati and Ganga, wife of Shiva and river goddess respectively. He is bethrothed to Mena, a nymph.
Sanskrit '' translates to "having much snow". Sanskrit '' "frost, snow" is cognate to Latin ''hiems'' "winter" from PIE ''.

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★ ''Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend'' (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola