Arya

plural Aryas · alternative Ārya

1. An Indo-Iranian, an Aryan.

   The Aryas gradually spread themselves over the plain of the Ganges. After a time, the whole country between the Himalayas and the Vindhya Mountains was called Aryavarta, the abode of the Aryas.

   1868, Mrs. L. Handyside, The History of India, page 5

2. A follower of Arya Samaj.
3. An Adherent to Vedism

   The Brahmos are chiefly in Bengal, the Aryas in the North-West and the Punjab.

   1892, The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record, page 470

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   Above all, he would not tolerate the abominable injustice of the existence of untouchables, and nobody has been a more ardent champion of their outraged rights. They were admitted to the Arya Samaj on the basis of equality; for the Aryas are not a caste. ‘The Aryas are all men of superior principles; and the Dasyus are they who lead a life of wickedness and sin.’

   1984, Ganga Ram Garg, World Perspectives on Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Concept Publishing Company, page 165

alternative Ārya

1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
2. A surname.

1. A female given name from Sanskrit.

   Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]

   1999, Mark Seem, Acupuncture Physical Medicine, →ISBN

2. A surname.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arya.