mitra, (1) (12065)

mitra, (1)
Entry 12065, Page 432, Col. 1

(mitra, mitra)
mitra, (1)¦ friend (in Skt. nt.), sometimes with m. gender (also in Pali; not by inheritance from Vedic, but a MIndic change of gender, caused by the mg.; in Class. Skt. extremely rare and perhaps only in word-plays): kalyāṇamitrāṃś ca niṣevamāṇāḥ pāpāṃś ca mitrān pari- varjayantāḥ SP 98.1 (vs); purāṇamitraḥ 210.10 (prose); mitraṃ ca tasya (read tasyo, WT), with nt. epithets, 212.10 (vs), but Kashgar rec. mitraś and m. epithets; pūrvamitro 213.3 (vs, no v.l.); (2) n. of a merchant, father of Maitrakanya(ka): Divy 586.16; 589.12; 593.16; Av i.195.3 ff.