As a deity name
Name 874 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 272 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 622 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 525 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. Ā. mitrāyate, (prob.) to desire or wish for friend (cf. next).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mitrāya" is the dative of "mitra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mitrāya Nom. Ā. mitrāyate, (prob.) to desire or wish for friend (cf. next).
1. mitra m. (orig. mit-tra, fr. √ mith or mid; cf. medin) a friend, companion, associate, RV.; AV. (in later language mostly n.)
N. of an Āditya (generally invoked together with Varuṇa cf. mitrā-v˚, and often associated with Aryaman q.v.; Mitra is extolled alone in RV. iii, 59, 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), RV. &c. &c.
Alternative readings
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