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# Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.761

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.761

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### [v1.c3.s18.761](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.761)

Dvi-ja, ‘twice-born,’ as an epithet of the Āryans generally, or of the Brahmins in particular, is not found in Vedic literature except in a quite obscure verse of the Atharvaveda.¹

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