Dikshit (also spelled as Dixit or Dikshitar) (pronounced "dik-shitt") (/ˈdɪkʃɪt/) (Hindi: दीक्षित), is a Hindu family name. The word is an adjective form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. Dikshit 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". The surname is usually associated with high class Hindu Brahmins in India, especially in North India. People with this surname also have their roots in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Bengal.
The Dikshit surname suggests that somebody in the family lineage, perhaps several generations ago, must have had some form of formal initiation into some religious tradition or studious body of knowledge. Historically, Dikshits have been usually associated with professions related to knowledge, teachers and scholars.
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Raghu Dixit, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band.
Avinash Dixit, Indian-American economist originally of Indian nationality
Gopinath Dixit, last Home Minister of U.P.
Jyotindra Nath Dixit Former National Security Advisor of India
Kanak Dixit, Nepali publisher, editor and writer
Madhuri Dixit, Indian Bollywood actress
Rajiv Dixit, Indian social activist
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Appayya Dikshita (1520–1593), performer of yajñas, a practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy with a focus on Shiva or Siva Advaita
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Govinda Dikshitar, minister of three successive Nayaks of Thanjavur, who ruled the region of Thanjavur in South India between the 16th and 17th centuries CE
Muthuswami Dikshitar one of the Carnatic Music Trinity.
Subbarama Dikshitar (1839–1906), Carnatic music composer
V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (1896–1953), historian, Indologist and Dravidologist
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Sandeep Dikshit, an INC member of Lok Sabha from East Delhi
Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi
Uma Shankar Dikshit, Indian politician
