Associations to the word «Mitra»

Wiktionary

MITRA, proper noun. A divinity of Indic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
MITRA, proper noun. (uncommon) A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
MITRA, proper noun. (rarely) Misspelling of Iranian Mithra (Miθra).

Dictionary definition

MITRA, noun. Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats