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:
Titles
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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
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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
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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
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Pandita (Islam), a term for Muslim ritual specialists in the Philippines and classic Indonesia
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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
People
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Balajinnatha Pandita (1916–2007), Sanskrit scholar
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Gadadhara Pandita, an associate of Hindu social reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
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Lakshmana Pandita, 15th century Indian medical author
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Pandita Ramabai (1858–1922), Indian social reformer
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Sakya Pandita (1182–1251), 13th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar
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U Pandita (1921–2016), Burmese Theravada master
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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
Other uses
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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
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* ''Auzakia'' Moore, 898/small>
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See also
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Pandit (disambiguation)
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