*mitra [Hn-Inमित्र ] (Proto-Indo -Iranian, nominative *mitras) was an important Indo-Iranian divinity. Following the prehistoric cultural split of Indian and Iranian cultures, names descended from *mitra were used for the following religious entities: Mitra (Sanskrit ), a deity who appears frequently in the ancient Indian text of the Rigveda. Mithra (Avestan Miθra-, Miθrō), a yazata mentioned in the Zoroastrian sacred scripture of the Avesta, whose… (More on Mitra)