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Aravind (from Sanskrit: अरविन्द aravinda) is a common Indian masculine name meaning lotus. The name is of Hindu origin.[1] Its variants include Arvind, Aravinda, Aravindan, and Aurobindo (Bengali: অরবিন্দ).

Aravind
Gendermale
Language(s)Hindi, Bengali, Odia
Origin
Word/nameSanskrit
MeaningLotus
Region of originIndia

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

Aravind

Aravinda

Other variants

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.

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