Mitra

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A divinity of Indic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
  • A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
  • Misspelling of Iranian Mithra (Miθra).

Origin

  • From Sanskrit मित्र; see there for further etymology.
  • Mithra, and Mithras.

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