Himavanta
The Himavanta (Thai: หิมพานต์; RTGS: Himmaphan; Burmese: ဟိမဝန္တာ; MLCTS: hi.ma.wanta) is a legendary forest which surrounds the base of Mount Meru in Hindu mythology. It is said to be the home of an assortment of mythical creatures, such as Nāga, Kinnara, Apsonsi, Gilen, Zawgyi and Garuda.
Thai lacquerwork painting of the Nariphon tree at Phra Pathom Chedi
The mythical Nariphon tree of Buddhist mythology, often mentioned in Thai folklore, is said to grow there.
Etymology notes
The Thai word for cashew, mamuanghimmaphan (มะม่วงหิมพานต์) literally means the mango (mamuang, มะม่วง) of Himmaphan/Himavanta.
gollark: Such is powers of two.
gollark: Someone was doing a 56G even-gen thing. I pointed out that this would in fact require several orders of magnitude more dragons than the universe's age in years.
gollark: The thing with even-gens is that they get exponentially more difficult to make (in time if inbred, in CB dragons if not) as generations increase.
gollark: ^
gollark: I, personally, only like the shimmerscales.
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