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'''Dikshit''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{transl|sa|ISO|Dīkṣit}}, {{IPA-|sa|d̪iːkʂɪt̪|pron}}; also spelled as '''Dixit''' or '''Dikshitar''') is traditionally a [[Hindu]] [[family name]].

The word is an adjectival form of the [[Sanskrit]] word ''diksha'', meaning provider of knowledge. ''DikshitaDixit'' 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/Dutt/Dutta surname is usually associated with Hindu Rajput Brahmins in India especially in [[North India|Northern India]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]], and [[Nepal]].

In the ancient days, Brahmins wereand rajput belongs associated with the rituals and [[Yajna|Vedic Yajnas]], 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 [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttrakhand]], [[Punjab]], [[Gujarat]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Bihar]], and [[Maharashtra]]., [[Delhi]],

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 “[[Agnihotri]] “, 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 ShatpathaShet Brahamana.patha Brahaman and rajput The word is an adjective form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. DikshitDixit 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 [[Tamil Nadu]], the famous [[Nataraja]] temple of [[Chidambaram]] is managed and administered hereditarily by a class of Vaidika Brahmins and rajput called ''Chidambaram Dikshitar'' whom, legends say, were brought here, from [[Mount Kailash]], by [[Maharishi|Maharshi]] [[Patanjali]], specifically for the performance of the daily rituals and maintenance of the great temple of [[Chidambaram]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chidambaramnataraja.org/deekshithar.html|title=DEEKSHITHAR|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

* [[Hriday Narayan Dikshit]], Indian politician from [[Unnao]], former minister, 5 times [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|M.L.A.]], 1 time [[Member of the Legislative Council (India)|MLC]], former speaker of [[Uttar Pradesh]] Legislative Assembly

* [[Appayya Dikshita]] (1520–1593), Performerperformer of yajñas, a practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy with a focus on Shiva or Siva Advaita

* [[Govinda Dikshita]], Ministerminister of three successive [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom|Nayaks of Thanjavur]], who ruled the region of [[Thanjavur]] in Southern India in the 16th and 17th centuries CE