#Anuradha #Nakshatra is the 17th Nakshatra as per Hindu #astrology in Scorpionis #constellation.

Anuradha is ruled by Rig Vedic God #Mitra, the Divine Friend. Mitra is a divinity of Rig Vedic culture, whose function changed with time. In the Mitanni inscription of ancient Babylonian kingdom, Mitra is invoked as one of the protectors of treaties as captured below:

In the Rigveda, Mitra appears primarily in the dvandva compound Mitra-Varuna, which has essentially the same attributes as Varuna alone. In the late Vedic texts and the Brahmanas, Mitra is increasingly associated with the light of dawn and the morning sun (while Varuna becomes associated with the evening, and ultimately the night). In the post-Vedic texts — in which Mitra practically disappears — Mitra evolved into the patron divinity of friendship, and because he is “friend”, abhors all violence, even when sacred.

índram mitráṃ váruṇam agním āhur / átho divyáḥ sá suparṇó garútmān

ékaṃ sád víprā bahudhâ vadanty / agníṃ yamám mātaríśvānam āhuḥ

“They call him Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni / and he is heavenly nobly-winged Garutman.”

“To what is One, sages give many a title / they call it Agni, Yama, Matarisvan.” (trans. Griffith)

– #Rigveda 1.164.46

In the Atharvaveda, Mitra is associated with sunrise, and accordingly, Mitra is worshiped in the sunrise prayers of the Hindus. The morning upasthaana prayer, recited to the risen sun after contemplation on the sacred Gayatri mantra, is a collection of Vedic verses addressing Mitra.

Mitra is also the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity from which the names and some characteristics of Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra derive. The name Mithra was adopted by the Greeks and Romans as Mithras, chief figure in the mystery religion of Mithraism. He is generally interpreted as Perseus constellation with edge of #Scorpio constellation and Orion as torch bearer as shown below.

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