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Arvind, Aravind or Aravinda (from Sanskrit: अरविन्द aravinda) is a common Indian masculine given name. Its meaning is "lotus". Its variants include , Arvin, Aravindan, Arahvinth and Aravindh(a) (in South India), and Aurobindo (in Bengali).

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Meaning

Aravinda means lotus in the Sanskrit language. In particular, the word may refer to the white lotus, 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

  • Arvind Singh Mewar Maharana of Udaipur ( Mewar )
  • Arvind Kejriwal, politician
  • Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog of India
  • Arvind (computer scientist)
  • Arvind Parmar, tennis player
  • Arvind Swamy, Indian film actor

    • Aravind

  • Aravind Akash, Indian actor
  • Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
  • Aravind L Iyer, Evolutionary biologist

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  • 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

    • Aurobindo

  • Sri Aurobindo, an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet

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