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Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mitrás) is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra. The names, and some characteristics, of these established deities subsequently influenced other figures: Maitreya, a vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit mitra, a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition.
Om Mitraya Namaha is a Hindu mantra chanted in the practice of Sun Salutation, wherein Mitra is a name of the god of the Sun, Surya. [8] Royal names incorporating Mithra's (e.g., "Mithradates") appear in the dynasties of Parthia, Armenia, and in Anatolia, in Pontus and Cappadocia.
Mitra (Bengali: মিত্র) is a Bengali Hindu surname found mostly amongst the Bengali Kayastha community and occasionally among other communities like Barujibi in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "Μίθρας", [1]) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, [2] a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. [3] The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon's biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, [4] a work written in the fourth century BC.
Mitra (Sanskrit: मित्र IAST: Mitrá) is a Hindu god and generally one of the Adityas (the sons of the goddess Aditi), though his role has changed over time.In the Mitanni inscription, Mitra is invoked as one of the protectors of treaties.
Iranian Mithra and Sanskrit Mitra are believed to come from the Indo-Iranian word mitrás, meaning "contract, agreement, covenant". [20] Modern historians have different conceptions about whether these names refer to the same god or not.
Mitra is a given name. People with the name include: Mitra Bir (died 1978), freedom fighter and educationist from Goa, India; Mitra Farahani (born 1975), Iranian ...
The boy sings these mantras at the ceremony, is blessed by Mitra and Varuna and Ambarisha's ceremony is completed. In another version of the story, Sunahshepa is lost son of Vishvamitra. When Vishvamitra was Prince of Bharats (Kaushik) - and his name was Vishwarath then, he was abducted by the enemy king Shambar.