Paṇḍita (Hindi: ''paṇḍit''; Malaysian and Indonesian Malay: ''pendeta''; Mongol: ''bandida''; Javanese: pandhita, pêndhita, pêndheta, (''pandito'', ''pendito'', ''pendeto)''; Tibetan: ''khepa''; Wyl: ''mkhas pa''), a Sanskrit word meaning learned master, may refer to:

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Pandita (Buddhism) In Buddhism, ''paṇḍita'' (Pali, Sanskrit; Tibetan: ''khepa''; Wylie transliteration, Wyl:'' mkhas pa'') is a term meaning "a wise, learned, or astute person". This term has been used by Buddhists in several Polysemy, distinct but related ways, a ...

, a Buddhist teacher skilled in five sciences **

Agga Maha Pandita Aggamahāpaṇḍita (, ) is an honorific Burmese Buddhist title conferred by the Myanmar government to distinguished Theravada Buddhist monks. Etymology Aggamahāpandiṭa, meaning "foremost great and wise one," is derived from the following ...

, an honorific title used in Theravada Buddhism *

Pandit A pandit (; ; also spelled pundit, pronounced ; abbreviated Pt. or Pdt.) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-e ...

, the Hindi variant, a broad term for teacher in the ancient and contemporary Indian context *

Pandita (Islam) Paṇḍita (Hindi: ''paṇḍit''; Malaysian and Indonesian Malay: ''pendeta''; Mongol: ''bandida''; Javanese: pandhita, pêndhita, pêndheta, (''pandito'', ''pendito'', ''pendeto)''; Tibetan: ''khepa''; Wyl: ''mkhas pa''), a Sanskrit word meaning ...

, a term for Muslim ritual specialists in the Philippines and classic Indonesia *

The Reverend The Reverend (abbreviated as The Revd, The Rev'd or The Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. There are sometimes differen ...

, a title that translates as ''pendeta'' in Indonesian

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Balajinnatha Pandita Baljinath Pandit (1916–2007) was a Sanskrit scholar and authority on Kashmir Shaivism. He obtained his Ph.D. at Punjab University and was professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HP ...

(1916–2007), Sanskrit scholar *

Gadadhara Pandita Gadadhar Pandita () (Bengali: গদাধর পণ্ডিত; Sanskrit: गदाधर पंडित), also known as Pandita Goswami, was an incarnation of Srimati Radharani and close childhood friend of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the found ...

, an associate of Hindu social reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu *

Lakshmana Pandita Lakshmana Pandita was the author of ''Vaidyarajavallabha'' (also known as Vaidyavallabha), a Sanskrit book on Ayurveda written during the Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieva ...

, 15th century Indian medical author *

Pandita Ramabai Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati ( Marathi: ; 23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of '' Pandita'' as a Sanskrit scholar and '' Sarasvati'' after being ...

(1858–1922), Indian social reformer *

Sakya Pandita Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་པཎ་ཌི་ཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, ) who lived from (1 April 1182 – 28 December 1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and t ...

(1182–1251), 13th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar * Sayadaw

U Pandita Sayadaw U Paṇḍita (, ; also ''Ovādācariya Sayādo Ū Paṇḍitābhivaṁsa''; 28 July 1921 – 16 April 2016) was one of the foremost masters of Vipassanā. He trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Myanmar. A successor to the ...

(1921–2016), Burmese Theravada master *

Zaya Pandita Zaya Pandita Namkhaijamts (, 1599–1662) was a Mongolian Tibetan Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar. Among his accomplishments is the invention of the Clear Script. Biogr ...

(1599–1662), Buddhist missionary priest and the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar

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* ''Pandita'' (butterfly), a brush-footed butterfly of tribe

Limenitidini Limenitidini is a tribe of brush-footed butterflies of the subfamily Limenitidinae. Genera In alphabetical order: – sisters * '' Athyma'' Westwood, 850/small> – sergeants * ''Auzakia'' Moore, 898/small> * '' Cymothoe'' Hübner, 819/small> ...

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