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'''Dwivedi''' or '''Duvedi''' or Diwedi or '''Dubay''' or '''Dubey''' or '''Dube''' or '''Dobé''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] surname meaning ''versed in two [[Vedas]]''. The surname is used by [[Brahmins]] in northern India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Analysis of Change in Limbu-Brahmin Interrelationships in Limbuwan, Nepal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qfVAAAAMAAJ|author=Bedh Prakash Upreti|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|year=1975|page=29}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Vrajanatha Vadajena|author=Janaki Ballabha Mohanty|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1991|page=33|quote=At the king's behest came the brahmins with various surnames — Nanda, Misra, Mohapatra, Kar, Rath, Acharya, Sharangi, Bhatta, Dwivedi, Tripathy, Pari Chakravarthi,Rajguru...the Brahmins of North India.}}</ref><br />
[[Dubey]] Title Are also called '''Dwivedi'''<br />
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==Origin of surname==<br />
Though the common assumption is that Dwivedi means 'one who knows two vedas', oral Hindu tradition has an alternative explanation. In Sanskrit, Dvi = 'two' and Vedi = 'to see'. Therefore, a Dwivedi is one with 'two-fold vision', or someone who is able to distinguish between right and wrong. The practical application is that a Dwivedi was an expert in morality and can guide the public with regards to what is right and wrong. <br />
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There is no limit to the number of vedas an individual can learn, therefore there is no reason why a Dwivedi or Trivedi could not learn all four vedas. The explanation that a Dwivedi only knows two out of four vedas is a very superficial translation of a Sanskrit surname with deeper meaning. <br />
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==Notable people with the surname Dwivedi==<br />
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* [[Chandraprakash Dwivedi]] - Indian film director and script writer<br />
* Major General [[G. G. Dwivedi]]<br />
* [[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]] - Hindi novelist<br />
* [[Janardan Dwivedi]] - Politician from Indian National Congress party<br />
* [[Kapil Deva Dvivedi]] - Sanskrit Scholar [[Padma Shri]]<br />
* [[Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi]] - Indian writer<br />
* [[Manilal Dwivedi]] (1858–1898) - Gujarati writer and philosopher<br />
* [[Nikhil Dwivedi]] - Bollywood actor<br />
* [[O.P. Dwivedi]] - Professor emeritus, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada<br />
* [[Brahm Dutt Dwivedi]] - BJP Leader who saved UP CM Mayawati from goons<br />
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* [[Ragini Dwivedi]] - Kannada actress and model<br />
* [[Kavi Pradeep|Ram Chandra Dwivedi]] - (AKA Kavi Pradeep) - Poet and songwriter<br />
* [[Rewa Prasad Dwivedi]] - Sanskrit scholar and poet<br />
* [[Satyendra Dubey]]- Project Director for NHAI, murdered for fighting against corruption<br />
* [[Seema Dwivedi]], Indian politician<br />
* [[Sharada Dwivedi]] - Mumbai-based historian and researcher<br />
* [[Sudhakara Dvivedi]] - Mathematician<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Trivedi]], meaning ''versed in three vedas''<br />
* [[Upreti]], meaning '' cessation from worldly pleasure''<br />
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