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'''Dikshit''' (also spelled as '''Dixit''' or '''Dikshitar''') ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dd̪|ɪ|k|ʃ|ɪ|tt̪}}) ({{lang-hi|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]] [[Brahmin]]s in [[India]], especially in [[Punjab]]. People with this surname also have their roots in the Indian states of [[Rajasthan]], [[Kashmir]],, [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Odisha]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], and [[Bengal]]..<ref name="Dixit Family History">{{cite web | url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=dixit | title=Dixit Family History | publisher=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press | work=Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press | date=2013 | accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref>