Mitra

*Mitra is the reconstructed Proto-Indo-Iranian name of an Indo-Iranian divinity from which the names and some characteristics of Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra derive.

The names (and occasionally also some characteristics) of these two older figures were subsequently also adopted for other figures:

  • A vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit mitra gives Maitreya, the name of a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition.
  • In Hellenistic-era Asia Minor, Avestan Mithra was conflated with various local and Greek figures leading to several different variants of Apollo-Helios-Mithras-Hermes-Stilbon.
  • Via Greek and some Anatolian intermediate, the Avestan theonym also gave rise to Latin Mithras, the principal figure of the first century Roman Mysteries of Mithras (also known as 'Mithraism').
  • In Middle Iranian, the Avestan theonym evolved (among other Middle Iranian forms) into Sogdian Miši, Middle Persian and Parthian Mihr, and Bactrian Miuro (/mihru/). Aside from Avestan Mithra, these derivative names were also used for:
    • Greco-Bactrian Mithro, Miiro, Mioro and Miuro,
    • by the Manichaeans for one of their own deities.
  • Mitra (crater)

    Mitra is a lunar crater that is attached to the western outer rim of the larger crater Mach, on the far side of the Moon. Just to the west of Mitra is Bredikhin, and to the south-southeast lies Henyey. It is named after Sisir Kumar Mitra.

    This is a heavily eroded formation with an outer rim that has been damaged by subsequent impacts. Attached to the exterior along the southeast is the satellite crater Mitra J. A number of smaller impacts lie along the rim edge, and very little of the original rim remains intact. Within the interior, a smaller crater occupies the southwestern part of the floor, and a small, cup-shaped crater lies across the northeast rim of this formation and very close to the midpoint of Mitra. The remaining floor is marked only by a few small and tiny craterlets.

    Mitra lies within the Dirichlet-Jackson Basin.

    Satellite craters

    By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Mitra.

    Mitra (Conan)

    Mitra is a deity from the Hyborian Age ]. In the Conan the Barbarian series of stories by Howard, Mitra is a popular god among the Hyborian peoples, a personification of good.

    He is probably loosely based on the Vedic and Zoroastrian figure by the same name, and in the Hyborian universe, his worship generally represents Christianity.

    Mitra is the chief god of most of the civilized Hyborian kingdoms, including Aquilonia, Ophir, Nemedia, Brythunia, Corinthia, and Zingara. His worshippers are monolatristic, since at least one tale depicts priests of Mitra recognizing the existence of another deity (Set). He is depicted as a "gentle" god.

    The Mitran cult does not practice sacrifice and values aesthetic simplicity. Thus his shrines are usually unadorned and feature little or no iconography except for a single idol. The idol itself has the appearance of an idealized male figure and is the primary direction of Mitran worship. However, being omnipresent and incorporeal, Mitra is not considered to reside in the icon, nor share its appearance. He is also symbolically represented by a phoenix in Howard's writing and by an Ankh in the Age of Conan MMORPG.

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    Raaston Mein Kho Gaya Hai Mitra Ajnabi Kyon Ho Gaya Hai Mitra (Mitra)
    Kuch Toh Kami Hai Saawan Saawan Sa Kyon Na Laagey Mitra, Mitra
    Shaamo Sehar Kyun Mann Ka Aangan Yeh Suna Laagey Mitra, Mitra
    Dhup Leke Jo Gaya Hai Mitra Ajnabi Kyon Ho Gaya Hai Mitra
    Yara Kaaye Yara Kaise Jaane Yara Bichhda
    Yara Kaaye Yara Sang Chain Sara Bichhda
    Dil Ke Taaron Mein, Kyon Hazaron Mein Dard Jage Hain
    Humne Bandhe Jo, Reshmi Sare Tutey Dhage Hain
    Phir Hathon Yeh Harjana Hai Humko Adaa Kar Jana Hai
    Sirf Yaadon Ka Tana Bana Hai Kya Chhupana Hai
    Haale Dil Jo Ho Gaya Hai Mitra (Mitra)
    Ajnabi Kyon Ho Gaya Hai Mitra (Mitra)
    Kuch Toh Kami Hai Saawan Saawan Sa Kyon Na Lagey Mitra Mitra
    Shamo Sehar Kyun Mann Ka Aangan Yeh Suna Lagey Mitra Mitra
    Dhup Leke Jo Gaya Hai Mitra (Mitra) Ajnabi Kyon Ho Gaya Hai Mitra
    Yara Kaaye Yara Kaise Jaane Yara Bichhda
    Yara Kaaye Yara Sang Chain Sara Bichhdaaani Kudiye Bai Ni Kudiye, Saaddi Hoke Reh Ni Kudiye 2
    Sab Ni Varge Keh Te Re, Dil Nu Das Gayi Tu
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye Sabko Soni Tu 2
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye
    (Tere Akhavich Masti Kamala Kalama, Mainu Kar Gayi Sun Jatiye
    ??Vich Kude Tu Nach Di Nach Di, Dil Gad Gayi Ni Baliye) (2)
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye Sabko Soni Tu
    Ke Mitra Nu 2
    Aani Kudiye Bai Ni Kudiye, Saaddi Hoke Reh Ni Kudiye 2
    Sab Ni Varge Keh Te Re, Dil Nu Das Gayi Tu
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye Sabko Soni Tu 2
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye
    (Akhan De Ishaare Jo Tu Kardi Kardi, Ni Main Luteya Sun Soniye
    Tere Lakh De Hulaare Main Vekh Vekh Pat Suteya Sun Heeriye) (2)
    Ke Mitra Nu Lag Di Ye Sabko Soni Tu 2
    Ke Mitra Nu 5




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