Pandita

Paṇḍita (Hindi: paṇḍit; Indonesian/Malay: pendeta; Mongol: bandida; Javanese: pandito, pendito, pendeto; Tibetan: khepa; Wyl: mkhas pa) is a Sanskrit word meaning learned master. The word pundit is derived from pandit or pandita. It may refer to:

• Pandita (Buddhism), a Buddhist teacher skilled in five sciences, bearing the title paṇḍita
• Pandit, the Hindi variant, a broad term for teacher in the ancient and contemporary Indian context
• Pandita (butterfly), a brush-footed butterfly genus
• Pandita Ramabai, Indian social reformer
• Sakya Pandita, a 13th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar
• Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission, Indian charity
• (Sayadaw) U Pandita, 20th century Burmese Theravada master
• Zaya Pandita, a 17th-century Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar.
• Lakshmana Pandita, author of Vaidyarajavallabha (also known as Vaidyavallabha), a Sanskrit book on Indian medicine written during the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th century

See also

• Pundit (disambiguation)