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Dutta

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Dutta, also spelled Datta ({{IPAc-en|'|d|ʌ|t|ə}}), is an Indian surname.{{sfn | Hanks | 2003 | p=504}} Its variation is Dutt.

The surname is commonly found among Bengali Kayasthas,{{sfn|Clark|2014|p=148}}{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=115}} Suvarna Baniks, Gandhabaniks and some other castes in Bengal.{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKuvh2fgQzsC&q=seven+clans+of+mohyals |title=The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97 |year=1976 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311091837/https://books.google.com/books?id=WKuvh2fgQzsC&q=seven+clans+of+mohyals&dq=seven+clans+of+mohyals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjly-P6hp7jAhUTfysKHXgwBu4Q6AEILjAB |url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMvjAAAAMAAJ&q=Gandhabanik|title=Folk-lore|date=1975|publisher=Indian Publications|pages=172|language=en}} The surname is also used by the Mohyal Brahmins of Punjab.{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=K. S. |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=University of Michigan |isbn=978-0-19-563357-3 |page=1591 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}

Datta means "given" or "granted" in Sanskrit and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity Dattatreya.

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Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with these clans/castes, include:

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In popular culture

In 2012, a Bengali film Dutta vs Dutta was released, directed by Anjan Dutt, the film captured family drama of three generations of a Bengali Dutta family.{{cite web |title=Dutta vs Dutta |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756131 |work=Outlook |access-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224125101/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756131 |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}

References

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  • {{Citation |last=Clark |first=Gregory |year=2014 |title=The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility |publisher=Princeton University Press}}
  • {{cite book | last=Hanks | first=P. | title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA | issue=v. 1 | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC | access-date=25 May 2019}}
  • {{Citation |last=Inden |first=Ronald B. |year=1976 |title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA1 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-02569-1 |page=1}}
  • {{Citation |last=Rigopoulos |first=Antonio |title=Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara : A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTzuXx64d8wC&pg=PA27 |access-date=11 June 2012 |year=1998 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-3695-0 |pages=27–28}}
  • {{Citation |first=Sekhar |last=Bandyopadhyay |title=Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&q=Kayastha |year=2004 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-81-7829-316-5 |page=20}}
  • {{Citation |last=Sharma |first=Tej Ram |title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions |year=1978 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |location=New Delhi |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcnnB-Lx2MAC}}
  • {{Citation |last=Wink |first=Andre |title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC |access-date=3 September 2011 |year=1991 |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-09509-0 |page=269}}

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