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Mitra
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mitra mitrā mitrą
English
Etymology 1
en sa मित्र. en Mithra Mithras.
Proper noun
+,+-Varuna
A divinity of Vedic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
en 1989 Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam Bhairava's Royal Brahmanicide, Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees 200 [In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position
en uncommon A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
en 1963 Jørgen Læssøe People of Ancient Assyria: Their Inscriptions and Correspondence Routledge, 86 when about 1350 B.C. a treaty was concluded between the king of Mittanni [...] and the Hittite ruler [...], the former calls upon the gods Mitra, Indra, Varuna, and the Nâsatya as guarantors of his sworn obligations.
en rare en Mithra Iranian deity.
en 1923 John Nicol Farquhar The Religious Quest of India OUP 120 As the Avestan Mitra had a luminous character, so had the Vedic Mitra.
en 2001 Manfred Clauss The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries 7 We cannot account for Roman Mithras in terms borrowed from Persian Mitra.
Etymology 2
en bn মিত্র surname.
Proper noun
en Sanskrit.
Anagrams
en aimrt Armit Tarim amrit matri- timar tirma
German
Etymology
From de la mitra, from de grc μίτρα headband, turban.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmiːtʀə/
de De-Mitra.ogg
Noun
f,Mitren
mitre headgear worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries
de heraldry mitre
Declension
f,Mitren
Further reading
de Clerical vestments Headwear
Italian
Pronunciation
^ì
Proper noun
m
Mithras
Related terms
it mitraico
Anagrams
it aimrt matri ritma tarmi trami