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
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

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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

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

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

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