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| Literally Tripathi means 'those who recite ] three times a day', including the vedic branch he was born |
Literally Tripathi means 'those who recite ] three times a day', including the vedic branch he was born, which distinguish them from ]. | ||
| In Sanskrit, ''Tri'' means ''three'' or ''three times'' and ''Pāthi'' comes from the Sanskrit verb ''Path'' which means ''to read''. So, ''Pāthi'' means ''the person who read''. | In Sanskrit, ''Tri'' means ''three'' or ''three times'' and ''Pāthi'' comes from the Sanskrit verb ''Path'' which means ''to read''. So, ''Pāthi'' means ''the person who read''. | ||
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Tripathi or Tripathy (Devanagari: त्रिपाठी) is an Indian Hindu Brahmin family name. Tripathy variant predominantly found in the East Indian state of Odisha.
Meaning of surname
Literally Tripathi means 'those who recite vedas three times a day', including the vedic branch he was born, which distinguish them from Trivedi.
In Sanskrit, Tri means three or three times and Pāthi comes from the Sanskrit verb Path which means to read. So, Pāthi means the person who read.
The surname is most commonly used by Shrotriya Brahmins in Indian peninsula including Nepal.
Utkala Brahmins or Brahmins from Odisha use Tripathy instead of Tripathi in romanized form.
Notable people
- Amish Tripathi, novelist
- Bharat Tripathi, English cricketer
- Braja Kishore Tripathy, Indian politician
- Chittaranjan Tripathy, Odia director, music director and actor
- D. P. Tripathi, politician from the Nationalist Congress Party
- Divyanka Tripathi, model and actress
- Govardhanram Tripathi, Indian Gujarati-language writer
- Hridayesh Tripathi, Nepalese politician
- Kamalapati Tripathi, politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Keshari Nath Tripathi, Bharatiya Janata Party politician and Governor of West Bengal
- Kumud Tripathi, Bollywood actor
- Kuna Tripathy, Indian actor
- Lavanya Tripathi, model and actress working in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films
- Leslie Tripathy, Indian actress
- Mansukhram Tripathi, Indian Gujarati-language writer
- Pankaj Tripathi, Indian actor
- Pitobash Tripathy, Bollywood actor
- Pravat Tripathy, Indian legislator
- Rahul Tripathi, Indian first-class cricketer
- Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Hindi lyricist, screenwriter and director
- Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Bharatiya Janata Party politician
- Ravi K. Tripathi, Indian playback singer
- S. N. Tripathi, Indian composer
- Sadashiva Tripathy, Indian politician
- Sanjeev Tripathi, former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
- Shweta Tripathi, Indian actress
- Sunny Tripathy, Indian-American actor
- Sunil Tripathi, a student who was wrongly accused as the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
- Upendra Tripathy, IAS officer of Karnataka Cadre
- Vani Tripathi, Indian actor and national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Tripathi. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
- "The Oriya Brahmin Surnames". 20 December 2020.