Dwivedi Explained

Dwivedi or Duvedi or Diwedi or Dubey or Dubay or Dube or Dwivedula is an Indian surname meaning expert of the Yajur Veda.^[1] The surname is used by Brahmins in northern India.Dubey title are also called Dwivedi.

Notable people with the surname Dwivedi

• Chandraprakash Dwivedi – Indian film director and script writer
• Major General G. G. Dwivedi
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – Hindi novelist
• Janardan Dwivedi – Politician from Indian National Congress party
• Kapil Deva Dwivedi – Sanskrit Scholar Padma Shri
• Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi – Indian writer
• Manilal Dwivedi (1858–1898) – Gujarati writer and philosopher
• Nikhil Dwivedi – Bollywood actor
• O.P. Dwivedi – Professor emeritus, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada
• Brahm Dutt Dwivedi – BJP Leader who saved UP CM Mayawati from goons
• Ragini Dwivedi – Kannada actress and model
• Ram Chandra Dwivedi – (AKA Kavi Pradeep) – Poet and songwriter
• Rewa Prasad Dwivedi – Sanskrit scholar and poet
• Satyendra Dubey- Project Director for NHAI, murdered for fighting against corruption
• Seema Dwivedi, Indian politician
• Sharada Dwivedi – Mumbai-based historian and researcher
• Sudhakara Dwivedi – Mathematician
• Divya Dwivedi - Philosopher and author

See also

• Trivedi, meaning versed in three vedas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dwivedi Community, Samaj, Religion, Gotra, Brahmin.