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Arvind (from Sanskrit: अराविन्दा Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) 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[edit | edit source]
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. 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 Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. (meaning the "lotus eyed one"), the 347th name used to describe the Hindu god Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama.
Notable people and Personalities[edit | edit source]
- Arvind Singh Mewar, Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar)
- Arvind Kejriwal, politician
- Arvind Khanna, politician
- Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog of India
- Arvind Pandey, Indian politician
- Arvind (computer scientist)
- Arvind Parmar, tennis player
- Arvind Sawant, Indian politician
- Arvind Swamy, Indian film actor
- Arvind Kumar (disambiguation), several people
- Arvind Kumar (surgeon) (born 1958), Indian surgeon
Aravind
- Aravind Akash, Indian actor
- Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
- Aravind L Iyer, Evolutionary biologist
Aravinda
- Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Aravinda Akroyd Ghose, better known as Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher
- Aravinda Chakravarti, American geneticist
Aravindan
- Aravindan Neelakandan, Indian writer
Aravindh
- Chithambaram Aravindh, Indian chess grandmaster
Aurobindo
- Sri Aurobindo, an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet from Bengal
- Arabinda Muduli, an Indian Odia Musician, Singer and Lyricist
- Arabinda Dhali, a politician from Odisha
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Template:MWSD
- ↑ Teresa Norman (2003). A World of Baby Names. Penguin. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-399-52894-1.