himā हिमा hímā f. (only with śatá) the cold season, winter (also = ‘a year’; cf. varṣá), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] (himā́), night, [Naigh. i, 7] (, only, [L.]), cardamoms Cyperus Rotundus and another species Trigonella Corniculata a partic. drug (= reṇukā) N. of Durgā f. See under hima, p. 1298, col. 3. himābha हिमाभ mfn. resembling cold, like snow or frost, [W.] himāga हिमाग m. ‘snow-mountain’, the Himālaya, [ib.] himāla हिमाल m. the Himālaya mountain, [L.] himānī हिमानी f. a mass or collection of snow, [Rājat.]; [Pārśvan.] &c. = hima-śarkarā, [L.] himāri हिमारि m. ‘enemy of cold’, fire, [Bhaṭṭ.] himāya हिमाय Nom. Ā. °yate, to resemble snow, [Kāv.] himābhra हिमाभ्र m. camphor, [L.] himāṃśu हिमांशु m. ‘cool-rayed’, the moon, Kā, [VarBṛS.] &c. camphor, [W.] himāṅka हिमाङ्क m. camphor, [L.] himābja हिमाब्ज n. a blue lotus, [L.] himādri हिमाद्रि m. the Himālaya mountain, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c. himāhva हिमाह्व m. ‘called after ice’, camphor, [L.] n. N. of a Varṣa in Jambu-dvīpa, [Pur.] himāmbu हिमाम्बु n. cold water, [MW.] dew, [A.] himānta हिमान्त m. end of the cold season, [MBh.] himārta हिमार्त mfn. pinched with cold, suffering from cold, chilled, frozen, [Śak.]; [Hit.] himācala हिमाचल m. ‘snow-mountain’, the Himālaya, [Śiś.]; [Kathās.]; [MārkP.] &c. himāgama हिमागम m. approach of cold, beginning of winter, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. himāhati हिमाहति f. fall of snow, [Kathās.] himālayā हिमालया (ā), f. Flacourtia Cataphracta, [L.] himālaya हिमालय m. ‘abode of snow’, the Himālaya range of mountains (bounding India on the north and containing the highest elevations in the world; in mythology personified as husband of Menā or Menakā [by whom he had a son Maināka] and father of Pārvatī, ‘daughter of the Mountain’, and of Gaṅgā, who, as the personified Ganges, is generally regarded as his eldest daughter), [Bhag.]; [Kāv.] &c. the white Khadira tree, [L.] Nom. P. °yati, to resemble the Himālaya, [Dhūrtas.] himāmbhas हिमाम्भस् n. cold water, [Ragh.]; [BhP.] dew, [A.] himānila हिमानिल m. a cold or frosty wind, [L.] himāpaha हिमापह m. ‘removing cold’, fire, Agni, [ib.] himārāti हिमाराति m. ‘enemy of cold’ fire, [L.] the sun, [ib.] a kind of plant (= citraka), [MW.] another plant (= arka), [ib.] himāruṇa हिमारुण mfn. grey with frost, [R.] himāvatī हिमावती himā-vatī f. a kind of plant, [L.] himāvila हिमाविल mf(A)n. covered with snow, [HPariś.] himāśrayā हिमाश्रया f. Hoya Viridiflora, [L.] himādrīya हिमाद्रीय Nom. represent the Himālaya (°yita n. impers.), [Cat.] himādrijā हिमाद्रिजा himādri—jā f. ‘daughter of Him°’, Pārvatī, [MW.] the Ganges, [A.] a kind of plant (= kṣīriṇī), [L.] himāhvaya हिमाह्वय m. camphor, [L.] n. = prec. n., [MārkP.] n. a lotus, [W.] himānaddha हिमानद्ध mfn. frost-bound, frozen, [Suśr.] himārdita हिमार्दित mfn. pinched or pained by cold, [MW.] himātyaya हिमात्यय m. passing off or end of the cold season, [R.] himāriśatru हिमारिशत्रु himāri—śatru m. ‘enemy of fire’, water, [Bcar. xi, 71.] himāṃśumālin हिमांशुमालिन् himāṃśu—mālin m. ‘encircled by cold rays’, the moon, [Kām.] himācalendra हिमाचलेन्द्र himāca°lendra m. id., [Kathās.] himālayasutā हिमालयसुता himālaya—sutā f. ‘daughter of Him°’, Pārvati, [Kavik.] himānīviśada हिमानीविशद himānī—viśada mfn. white as a snow-drift, [MW.] himāṃśvabhikhya हिमांश्वभिख्य hi°māṃśv-abhikhya n. ‘called after the moon’, silver, [L.] himādritanayā हिमाद्रितनया himādri—tanayā f. ‘daughter of Him°’, Parvatī (-pati m. ‘husband of P°’, Śiva), [Kavik.] the Ganges, [A.] himādritanayāpati हिमाद्रितनयापति himādri-tanayā—pati m., ‘husband of P°’, Śiva