མཛའ་བཤེས་

མཛའ་བཤེས། (Wyl. mdza' bshes ) Pron.: dzashé

• Skt. मित्रम्, mitra, Pron.: mitra. From Sanskrit: •orig. | fr. | or | a friend, companion, associate | in later language mostly | N. of an Āditya (generally invoked together with Varuṇa | and often associated with Aryaman | Mitra is extolled alone in | and there described as calling men to activity, sustaining earth and sky and beholding all creatures with unwinking eye | in later times he is considered as the deity of the constellation Anurādhā, and father of Utsarga | the sun | N. of a Marut | of a son of Vasishṭha and various other men | of the third Muhūrta [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW