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'''Rigvedi''' (also called ''Rugvedi'') is an [[India|Indian]] surname used by [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]] ([[DRB]]) community, meaning versed in [[Rigveda]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br61gYKt5Q0C&pg=PT113|title=Hinduism For Dummies|author=Amrutur V. Srinivasan|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|accessdate=15 June 2011|page=113|quote=Rigvedi: Expert in Rigveda}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Yajna, a Comprehensive Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK1IAQAAIAAJ|author1=Gyanshruti|author2=Srividyananda|publisher=Yoga Publications Trust|accessdate=1 January 2007|page=139|quote=Since brahmins pursued learning of the Vedas in this manner, they were known as rigvedi (an expert on the Rig Veda with a deep knowledge of Rigveda Samhita and its related granthas).}}</ref> It is one of the two major sub-sects among [[Deshastha Brahmin]]s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharashtra, Land and Its People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl90u5lmwRAC|publisher=Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra|year=2009|page=45|quote=There are two sub-groups among Deshastha Brahmins, namely Rigvedi and Yajurvedi. The Yajurvedis have further two sub-sections-Shukla Yajurvedi and Krishna Yajurvedi. Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmins are the most ancient sub-caste of Maharashtra.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India's Communities, Volume 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt9G1e6JF-QC|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|page=3316|quote=Earlier, both the subgroups, Yajurvedi and Rigvedi practised endogamy but now intermarriages between the two take place.|isbn = 9780195633542}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Economic Weekly, Volume 10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAjoAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Economic Weekly|year=1958|page=129|quote=The Deshastha Rigvedl Brahmins as their name shOWs live in the Desha and follow a Rigvedic ritual. They are an extremely widespread}}</ref> Similarly there are [[Yajurvedi]] (one who knows [[Yajurveda]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Greater Bombay District. (3 v.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQtuAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|year=1986|page=628|quote=There are some Yajurvedi Brahmans also who follow the Madhyandin branch of Yajurveda.}}</ref>

==Geographical distribution==
As of 2014, 90.32% of all known bearers of the surname ''Rigvedi'' were residents of [[India]]. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:<ref name="rugvedi2014">[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/rugvedi#surnames Rigvedi Surname Distribution]</ref>
* 1. [[Maharashtra]]
* 2. [[Karnataka]]

==See also==
*[[Yajurvedi]]
*[[Dwivedi]]
*[[Trivedi]]
*[[Upreti]]
*[[Chaturvedi]]

==References==
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