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Arvind (from sa, अरविन्द ') is a common Indian masculine name meaning
lotus Lotus may refer to: Plants *Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: ** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
. The name is of
Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
origin. Its variants include Aravind, Aravinda, Aravindan, and Aurobindo ().


Meaning

' means sun in the Sanskrit language. In particular, the word may refer to the lotus flower, on which the
Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
goddess of wealth and prosperity – Lakshmi – sits. It could also refer to the Sanskrit term ' (meaning the "lotus eyed one"), the 347th name used to describe the Hindu god Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama.


Notable people

* Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician and former bureaucrat *
Arvind Khanna Arvind Khanna (born 29 May 1967) is an Indian politician, business magnate and philanthropist. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Khanna is a senior leader of the BJP and a prominent figure in Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab, BJP ...
, Indian politician and businessman * Arvind Panagariya, Indian-American economist, professor of economics at Columbia University * Arvind Pandey, Indian politician *
Arvind (computer scientist) Arvind is the Johnson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and El ...
, Indian-American professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT * Arvind Parmar, British tennis player *
Arvind Sawant Arvind Ganpat Sawant (born 31 December 1951) is an Indian politician from the Shiv Sena party. He had been the Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises since 2019 and a Member of Lok Sabha since 2014. On 11 November 2019, Sawant qui ...
, Indian politician *
Arvind Singh Mewar Arvind Singh Mewar (born 13 December 1944) is an Indian businessman, former royal and chairman of HRH Group of Hotels. Arvind and his brother Mahendra both claim to be the 76th custodian of the House of Mewar. The Maharanas of Udaipur are custo ...
, Indian businessman, Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar) * Arvind Swamy, Indian film actor * Arvind Kumar (disambiguation), several people Aravind *
Aravind Akash Aravind Akash is an Indian actor and dancer who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry. He rose to fame through 2002 Malayalam film ''Nandanam'' portraying the role of Lord Krishna. He has also been a judge for a few TV shows in ...
, Indian actor * Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author *
Aravind L. Iyer Aravind L. Iyer is an evolutionary biologist at the National Center for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Since 2002, he has been Principal Investigator of the Computational Biology Branch. In his research publication ...
, Indian evolutionary biologist Aravinda * Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer *
Aravinda Akroyd Ghose Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...
, better known as Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher * Aravinda Chakravarti, American geneticist Other variants *
Arabinda Muduli Arabinda Muduli (1 September 1961 – 1 March 2018) was an Indian Odia musician, singer and lyricist. Muduli was born in Khanati, Khordha District, Odisha, India. He was a disciple of Bhikari Bal. He was a devotee of lord Jagannath. He sang ju ...
, Indian Odia musician, singer and lyricist *
Arabinda Dhali Arabinda Dhali is an Indian politician and member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Dhali is a sixth term member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly and represented the Malkangiri from 1992 to 2000 and the Jayadev constituency from 2009 to 2014. He ...
, politician from Odisha *
Aravindan Neelakandan ''Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines'' (Amaryllis, 2011) is a book written by Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan which argues that India's integrity is being undermined by the support of western insti ...
, Indian writer *
Chithambaram Aravindh Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan (born 11 September 1999) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He won the Indian chess championships twice, in 2018 and 2019. Personal life Aravindh was born in Thirunagar in 1999. His father died when he was three ...
, Indian chess grandmaster *
Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...
, Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi and poet from Bengal * * *


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* * {{given name Indian masculine given names