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 Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

language. In particular, the word may refer to the

lotus flower ''Nelumbo nucifera'', also known as sacred lotus, Laxmi lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often ref ...

, on which the

goddess of wealth and prosperity –

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

– sits. It could also refer to the Sanskrit term ' (meaning the "lotus eyed one"), the 347th name used to describe the Hindu god

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

in the Vishnu Sahasranama.

Notable people

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (Hindi: �ɾʋin̪d̪ ked͡ʒɾiːʋaːl born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, former bureaucrat, and activist who is the 7th and current Chief Minister of Delhi since February 2015. Currently, he is the national conv ...

, 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 Arvind Panagariya (born 30 September 1952) is an Indian-American economist who is the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University and is also the Director of Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Polic ...

, Indian-American economist, professor of economics at Columbia University *

Arvind Pandey Arvind Pandey is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Arvind Pandey was born in Bazpur. Pandey is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Gadarpur Uttarakhand Assembly constituency Gadarpur constitue ...

, 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 Arvind Parmar (born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a former British professional tennis player whose career ran from 1997 to 2006. After retiring, he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy. and also coached another British junior, ...

, 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 Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...

, Indian film actor *

Arvind Kumar (disambiguation) Arvind Kumar may refer to: * Arvind Kumar (academic) (born 1943), Indian physicist and educationist * Arvind Kumar (surgeon) (born 1958), Indian surgeon * Arvind Kumar (civil servant) Arvind Kumar, a 1984 (37RR) batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS ...

, 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 Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974) is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, '' The White Tiger'', won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. Biography Early life and education Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 197 ...

, 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 Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva ( si, අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who has also played in English county cricket. de Silva helped Sri Lanka to win the ...

, 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 Aravinda Chakravarti (born 6 February 1954, Calcutta) is a human geneticist and expert in computational biology, and Director of the Center For Human Genetics & Genomics at New York University. He was the 2008 President of the American Society ...

, 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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