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Kirat (disambiguation)

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The Kirat or Kirati people are indigenous ethnic groups of the Himalayas.

Kirat may also refer to:

  • Kirat or Kiranti languages, the language of the Kirati
  • Kirat Mundhum, the religion of the Kirati
  • Kirat Autonomous State, an area of the Himalaya of ethnic Kirati people of Nepal in the eastern region
  • Kirata, term in Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology for various peoples who had territory in the mountains
  • Kirata Kingdom, in Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology refers to any kingdom of the Kirata people, who were dwellers mostly in the Himalayas
  • Kirātārjunīya, epic poem in Sanskrit by Bhāravi
  • Kirat (unit), 1/24 of a feddan, an Arabic unit of area
  • Kirat Karo, the principle of honest living, a pillar of Sikhism

People

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  • Bhatt Kirat, Sikh Brahmin bard in the court of Guru Arjan
  • Kirat Babani (born 1922), Indian writer, journalist and progressive activist of Sindhi language and nation
  • Kirat Bhattal (born 1985), Indian actress
  • Kirat Singh (c. 1763–1835), the last Jat ruler of Gohad state in Madhya Pradesh, India (1803–1805)

See also

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