Kirat (disambiguation)

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

Kirat may also refer to:

• Kirat or Kiranti languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages of the Kirati
• Mahakiranti languages, a proposed Sino-Tibetan language branch
• 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

• 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

• All pages with titles containing Kirat