Mitra (disambiguation)
Mitra or Mithra may refer to:
Indo-Iranian deity
- Mitra, an Indo-Iranian deity
- Mitra (Vedic) (Sanskrit Mitrá-, Mitráḥ), a deity (asura) who appears frequently in the ancient Indian text of the Rigveda
- Mitra–Varuna, dual deities in the Rigveda
- Mithra (Avestan Miθra-, Miθrō), a yazata mentioned in the Zoroastrian sacred scripture of the Avesta, whose modern Persian equivalent is Mehr
- Mithras, the principal figure of the Greco-Roman religion of Mithraism
- Mitra (Vedic) (Sanskrit Mitrá-, Mitráḥ), a deity (asura) who appears frequently in the ancient Indian text of the Rigveda
- As a given name:
- Mitra Bir (died 1978), a freedom fighter and educationist from Goa
- Mitra Farahani (میترا فراهانی) (born 1975), an Iranian filmmaker and painter
- Mitra Hajjar (میترا حجار) (born 1977), an Iranian actress
- Mitra Phukan, an Indian author
- Mitra Tabrizian, a photographer and film director
- as a surname,
- As a Bengali surname: see Mitra (surname)
- Mitra (crater), a crater on the Moon named for Sisir Kumar Mitra
- Ramon Mitra, Jr., Filipino statesman, diplomat, and a renowned pro-democracy activist
- Raul Mitra, Filipino composer, arranger, songwriter, musical director, pianist, and keyboardist
- Rhona Mitra, an English actress
- As a Bengali surname: see Mitra (surname)
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The episcopal mitre's name comes from the Greek word mitra (μίτρα).
Organisms named for their resemblance to a mitre:
- Mitra (gastropod), a genus of Neogastropod snail in the family Mitridae named for the episcopal mitre
- Mitra mitra, the episcopal miter
- Acmaea mitra, the whitecap limpet
- Euploea mitra, the Seychelles Crow, a nymphalid butterfly
- Mitra (gastropod), a genus of Neogastropod snail in the family Mitridae named for the episcopal mitre
Toponymy:
- 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, named for the mountain; served by Mitras (Monterrey Metro) (aka Estación Mitras), a station on the Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro
Other
organisation or product names:
- Michoacán International Trade and Cooperation Council (MITRA), a trade promotion and international development organization
- MITRA Youth Buddhist Network, a network of youth Buddhist organizations in Australia
- Mitra Kukar, an Indonesian football club
- Mitra Samaja, a vegetarian restaurant in Udupi, Karnataka, India
- Volkswagen Mitra, another name for the Volkswagen EA489 Basistransporter
popular culture:
- Operazione Mitra, a 1951 Italian film
- Mitra (Conan), a deity in Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age stories
See also
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