m. (orig. mit-tra, fr. mith or mid; cf. medin) a friend, companion, associate RV.; AV. (in later language mostly n.) 816,1 164147 m. N. of an A1ditya āditya (generally invoked together with Varun2a varuṇa cf. mitrā-v, and often associated with Aryaman aryaman q.v.; Mitra mitra is extolled alone in RV. iii, 59, and there described as calling men to activity, sustaining earth and sky and... m. the sun Ka1v. &c (cf....