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Arvind

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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

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Aravinda means lotus 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

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Aravind

Aravinda

Other variants

  • Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet from Bengal

References

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  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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