Mitra
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who is interested in becoming a Buddhist and elects to join a Buddhist community to learn more.
- 1 A divinity of Vedic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
"[In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position"
- 2 A surname from Sanskrit.
- 3 A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC. uncommon
"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."
- 4 Alternative form of Mithra (“Iranian deity”). alt-of, alternative, rare
"As the Avestan Mitra had a luminous character, so had the Vedic Mitra."
Example
More examples"[In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position"
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitrá, “friend”).
Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of Mithra and Mithras.
Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitro).
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