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'''Dikshit''' (]: {{transl|sa|ISO|Dīkṣit}}, {{IPA|sa|d̪iːkʂɪt̪|pron}}; also spelled as '''Dixit''' or '''Dikshitar''') is traditionally a ] ]. '''Dikshit''' (]: {{transl|sa|ISO|Dīkṣit}}, {{IPA|sa|d̪iːkhɪt̪|pron}}; also spelled as '''Dixit''' or '''Dikshitar''') is traditionally a ] ].


==Origin== ==Origin==
The word is an adjectival form of the ] word ''diksha'', meaning provider of knowledge. ''Dikshita'' in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as "one who has received initiation or one who is initiated". It may also be used to mean one who prepares boys for the performance of religious duties.<ref name="Dixit Family History">{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Dixit Family History |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=dixit |work=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press |publisher=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press |accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> Historically, the surname has been usually associated with professions related to knowledge, generally used among teachers and scholars. The word ''dixit'' means the one who has been initiated. The word is an adjectival form of the ] word ''diksha'', meaning provider of knowledge. ''Dikshita'' in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as "one who has received initiation or one who is initiated". It may also be used to mean one who prepares boys for the performance of religious duties.<ref name="Dixit Family History">{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Dixit Family History |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=dixit |work=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press |publisher=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press |accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> Historically, the surname has been usually associated with professions related to knowledge, generally used among teachers and scholars. The word ''dixit'' means the one who has been initiated.
The Dikshita/Dikshitar/Dikshit/Dixit surname is usually associated with Hindu and rajput Brahmins in India especially in ], ], ], and ].

In the ancient days, Brahmins and rajput belongs associated with the rituals and ], and performed the same. Since these rituals were much complicated affairs, and needed a vast study of religious texts, they had to spend seven years or more on this vocation to specialise. Thus derived their family names. Dixit Brahmins and rajput often reside in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ],

There were some who were initiated to perform long Yajnas, one-year, two-year or even many-year-long Yajnas; they were initiated into the same, and had to undergo the rules for the entire period. Hence, to differentiate them from others, they were called as ''dixit'', or the initiated, so that they do not indulge in other worldly affairs, and devote their time to the Yajnas they were committed to.

It is the same with the Vajpayee Brahmins, who excelled in performing Vajpeya, a shraut Yajna. There are some Brahmins and rajput with the surname of “Soma Yaaji” or those, who performed the Soma Yajna. There is one such title of “Yajwaa”, the one who performs the Yajna.

The most common such title is the “] “, one who performs the daily rituals of offering to Fire God. There are Brahmins and rajput with the title “Hotaa”, who belonged to the tradition of Rigveda, in the Yajnas. Then there are Satpathy, who relied on the Shet patha Brahaman and rajput The word is an adjective form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. Dixit in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as "one who has received initiation or one who is initiated".

In the southern state of ], the famous ] temple of ] is managed and administered hereditarily by a class of Vaidika Brahmins and rajput called ''Chidambaram Dikshitar'' whom, legends say, were brought here, from ], by ] ], specifically for the performance of the daily rituals and maintenance of the great temple of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chidambaramnataraja.org/deekshithar.html|title=DEEKSHITHAR|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>


==Notable individuals== ==Notable individuals==
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* ] (1520–1593), performer of yajñas, a practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy with a focus on Shiva or Siva Advaita * ] (1520–1593), performer of yajñas, a practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy with a focus on Shiva or Siva Advaita
* ], minister of three successive ], who ruled the region of ] in Southern India in the 16th and 17th centuries CE * ], minister of three successive ], who ruled the region of ] in Southern India in the 16th and 17th centuries CE
* ] (also spelled Dikshita), 17th-century Maharashtrian Sanskrit grammarian


===Dikshitar=== ===Dikshitar===
* ], one of the ] * ], one of the ]
* ] (1839–1906), ] composer * ] (1839–1906), ] composer

==See also==
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==Notes== ==Notes==

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Dikshit (ISO: Dīkṣit, pronounced [d̪iːkhɪt̪]; also spelled as Dixit or Dikshitar) is traditionally a Hindu family name.

Origin

The word is an adjectival form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. Dikshita in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as "one who has received initiation or one who is initiated". It may also be used to mean one who prepares boys for the performance of religious duties. Historically, the surname has been usually associated with professions related to knowledge, generally used among teachers and scholars. The word dixit means the one who has been initiated.

Notable individuals

Dixit

Dikshit

Dikshita

Dikshitar

Notes

  1. "Dixit Family History". Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press. 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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