1. a mountain (-range), hill, rock SN.i.101 SN.i.102, SN.i.127, SN.i.137; SN.ii.32, SN.ii.185, SN.ii.190; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iv.102 (dhūpāyati); Snp.413, Snp.417, Snp.543, Snp.958, Snp.1014; Mnd.466; Dhp.8, Dhp.127 (˚ānaṃ vivaro) = Pv-a.104; Dhp.188 (n. pl ˚āni), Dhp.304; DN-a.i.209; Mil.346 (dhamma˚); Pv-a.221 (angāra˚) Sdhp.352, Sdhp.545, Sdhp.574
   ■ The 7 mountains round Veḷuvana are enumerated at Ja.v.38
   ■ Names of some (real or fictitious) mountains, as found in the Jātaka literature: Cakkavāḷa Ja.vi.282; Caṇḍoraṇa Ja.iv.90 Canda Ja.iv.283; Ja.v.38, Ja.v.162; Daṇḍaka-hirañña Ja.ii.33 Daddara Ja.ii.8; Ja.iii.16; Nemindhara Ja.vi.125; Neru Ja.iii.247; Ja.v.425; Paṇḍava Snp.417; Snp-a.382 sq.; Mahāneru Ja.iv.462; Mahindhara Vv.32#10 (cp. Vv-a.136) Meru Ja.i.25; Ja.iv.498; Yugandhara Pv-a.137; Rajata Ja.i.50; Vipula Ja.vi.518; Sineru SN.ii.139; Ja.i.48 passim; Suvaṇṇa Ja.i.50; Ja.vi.514 (˚giritāla)
2. [cp Sk. pārvata mountainous] a mountaineer Mil.191.

-utu the time (aspect) of the mountain (in prognostications as to horoscope) Dhp-a.i.165 (megha-utu, p. utu, aruṇa-utu). -kaccha a mountain meadow (opp nadī-kaccḥa) Snp-a.33. -kandara a m. cave SN.ii.32 SN.v.396, SN.v.457 sq.; AN.v.114 sq.; -kūṭa m. peak Vin.ii.193; Ja.i.73. -gahaṇa m. thicket or jungle Pv-a.5. -ṭṭha standing on a m. Dhp.28. -pāda the foot of a m. Ja.iii.51; Dhp-a.iv.187; Pv-a.10. -muddhā mountain top Vin.i.5. -raṭṭha m
■ kingdom Snp-a.26. -rājā “king of the mountain,” epithet of Himavā SN.i.116; SN.ii.137 sq., SN.ii.276, SN.iii.149; SN.v.47, SN.v.63, SN.v.148; AN.i.152; AN.iii.240; AN.iv.102; Pv-a.143. -saṅkhepa top of a m. DN.i.84 (= p
■ matthaka DN-a.i.226). -sānu m
■ glen Vv.32#10 (cp. Vv-a.136) -sikhara mountain-crest Ja.v.421.

Vedic parvata, fr. parvan, orig. knotty, rugged, massive