Himavat

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Himavat (himavant-) 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 Menaka, a nymph.

Sanskrit himavant- translates to "having much snow". Sanskrit himá "frost, snow" is cognate to Latin hiems "winter" from PIE ghyem-.

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