Vedic Mitra
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Vedic Mitra is an ancient Indo-Aryan deity associated with friendship, contracts, and the maintenance of cosmic and social order in the Vedic tradition.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan deity
ⓘ
Vedic deity ⓘ deity of contracts ⓘ deity of friendship ⓘ deity of social order ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agreements
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ daylight ⓘ friendship ⓘ harmony ⓘ law ⓘ oaths ⓘ ocean of heaven ⓘ social order ⓘ truth ⓘ ṛta ⓘ |
| closelyAssociatedDeity | Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmicAssociation |
heaven
ⓘ
light ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
ensuring reliability of promises
ⓘ
stabilizing the world order ⓘ |
| culture | Indo-Aryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
ethical relations between people
ⓘ
legal and ritual contracts ⓘ |
| epithet |
friend of men
ⓘ
guardian of contracts ⓘ upholder of ṛta ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| linguisticOrigin | Vedic Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Adityas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
encouraging faithfulness
ⓘ
punishing oath-breakers ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | friend ⓘ |
| oftenInvokedWith | Varuna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
maintainer of cosmic order
ⓘ
overseer of agreements ⓘ protector of social order ⓘ witness of oaths ⓘ |
| sharesFunctionWith | Varuna as guardian of ṛta ⓘ |
| textuallyAttestedIn | Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Vedic period ⓘ |
| typeOfVedicDeity | solar-associated deity ⓘ |
| worshippedBy | Vedic Indo-Aryan communities ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Vedic tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.