Hemavatā 1. A river (J.iv.437, 438). See the Bhallātiya Jātaka.


Hemavatā 2. A heretical sect in Jambudīpa (Mhv.v.12; Dpv.v.54).

They were so called because they lived on Mount Himavata (Rockhill, Life of Buddha, p.184).

They held:


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