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Dwivedi

name

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  1. 1
    A surname.

    "‘Dwivedi is the uncle down the street.’ He couldn’t tell the difference; they sounded the same to his ears. ‘Who is better? Them or us?’ ‘Both are high-caste Brahmins. But our ancestors knew three Vedas; theirs knew only two.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi द्विवेदी (dvivedī), which is from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (dvivedin, “familiar with the two Vedas”); ultimately from द्वि (dvi, “two”) + वेद (veda, “knowledge; Veda”).

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