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Princeton's WordNet
Mithras, Mithranoun
ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
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Mithranoun
An important deity or divine concept (Yazata) in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture.
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Mithra is a deity found in both Hindu and Zoroastrian religions. In Hinduism, Mithra is a god associated with friendship, contracts and meetings. In Zoroastrianism, Mithra is a deity of covenant, oath, and moral obligations. There's also a distinct Roman cult, known as Mithraism, in which Mithra is depicted as a cosmic figure associated with light, truth, and loyalty. His following peaked in the Roman Empire between the 1st and 4th century CE, particularly among the military.
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Mithra
Mithra is the Zoroastrian angelic divinity of covenant and oath. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing protector of Truth, and the guardian of cattle, the harvest and of The Waters. The term Mithra is from the Avestan language. In Middle Iranian languages, Mithra became Mehr, Myhr etc., from which Modern Persian مهر Mehr, Pashto لمر Lmar, Waziri ميېر Myer and Armenian Mihr/Mher ultimately derive. The Romans attributed their Mithraic Mysteries to Persian or Zoroastrian sources relating to Mithra. However, since the early 1970s, the dominant scholarship has noted dissimilarities, and those mysteries are now qualified as a distinct Roman product.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Mithra in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Mithra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- mithraFrench
- MithraHindi
- 미트라Korean
- MithraPortuguese
- 密特拉Chinese
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