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Mitra (other)
Mitra is an Indo-Iranian deity. Mitra or Mithra may also refer to: Indo-Iranian deities * Mithra (Persian: ''Mitra''), a Zoroastrian yazata * Mitra (Vedic) (Sanskrit: '), a deity who appears frequently in the ancient Indian text of the Rigveda ** Mitra–Varuna, dual deities in the Rigveda Biology * Mitra (gastropod), ''Mitra'' (gastropod), a genus of Neogastropod snail named for the episcopal mitre ** ''Mitra mitra'', the episcopal miter * ''Acmaea mitra'', the whitecap limpet * Seychelles crow (''Euploea mitra''), a nymphalid butterfly People * Mitra (surname) * Mitra (given name) * Mithra (actor) Places * La Mitra, a town in the Panamá province of Panama * Cerro de las Mitras ("Miter Hill" or "Miter Mountain"), a mountain in Nuevo León, Mexico * Colonias Mitras Centro, Mitras Norte and Mitras Sur, neighborhoods in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico ** Mitras (Monterrey Metro) (aka Estación Mitras), a station on the Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro Other uses * Mitra (Conan), a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra
''Mitra'' (Proto-Indo-Iranian language, Proto-Indo-Iranian: wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mitrás, ''*mitrás'') is the name of an Indo-Iranians#Religion, Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigveda, Rigvedic Mitra (Hindu god), Mitrá and Avestan Mithra. The names, and some characteristics, of these established deities subsequently influenced other figures: * Maitreya, a vṛddhi, vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit ''mitra'', a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition. * Latin Mithraic mysteries, Mithras, the principal figure of the first-century Roman Mithraism, mystery cult of Mithraism, whose name derives from the Avestan theonym via Greek and some Anatolian intermediate. * 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 (mythology), Stilbon. * In Middle Iranian, the Avestan theonym evolved (among other Middle Iranian forms) into Sogdian language, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
