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Meaning & History
From Sanskrit मिहिर (mihira) meaning "sun". It was also used to mean "moon" and "wind" (depending on the context). The original name had connotations of "king of all" or "person from family of Sun". In Hindu mythology there are references to astrophysicist Varahmihir ("knowledge of Sun, space and universe").