 Thus derived their family names.Dixit Brahmins are residing in the Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and many of them belong to “Kaanya Kubja” lineage, some are there in Maharashtra also.There were some who were initiated to perform long Yajnas, one-year , two-year or even many-year-long Yajnas; they were initiated into the same, and had to undergo the rules for the entire period.