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Arvind (from Sanskrit: अराविन्दा aravinda) is a common Indian masculine given name. Its meaning is lotus.The name is of Hindu origin .[1]Its variants include Arvin, Arvy, Aravinda, Aravindan, Arahvinth and Aravindh(a) (in South India), and Aurobindo, Arabinda (in Bengali:অরবিন্দ arobindo).

Meaning

Aravinda means sun in the Sanskrit language. In particular, the word may refer to the lotus flower,[2] on which the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity – Lakshmi – sits. It could also refer to the Sanskrit term aravindākṣa (meaning the "lotus eyed one"), the 347th name used to describe the Hindu god Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama.

Notable people and Personalities

Aravind

Aravinda

Aravindan

Aravindh

Aurobindo

References

  1. ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.
  2. ↑ Teresa Norman (2003). A World of Baby Names. Penguin. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-399-52894-1.

See also

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