पण्डित

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/, [pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪]

पण्डित • (paṇḍit) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پنڈت)

1. alternative spelling of पंडित (paṇḍit)

पण्डित • (paṇḍit) m (female equivalent पण्डिता, Urdu spelling پنڈت)

1. alternative spelling of पंडित (paṇḍit)

पण्डित m

1. Devanagari script form of paṇḍita (“wise man”)

पण्डा (paṇḍā) +‎ -इत (-ita). पण्डा (paṇḍā) is of uncertain etymology, but is likely a sanskritization of the Middle Indo-Aryan descendant of प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”).^[1][2] See पण्डा (paṇḍā) for more.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɳ.ɖi.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɳ.ɖi.t̪ɐ/

प॒ण्डि॒त • (paṇḍitá) stem

1. learned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in, conversant with (with locative case)
   • c. 700 BCE, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 5.4:

     सां‍ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः। एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्॥

     sāṃ‍khyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ. ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam.

     Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [Sāṃkhya]. Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both.

प॒ण्डि॒त • (paṇḍitá) stem, m

1. scholar, a learned man, wise person teacher, philosopher, pundit
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 2.11:

     श्री भगवानुवाच
     अशोच्यनन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे।
     गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः॥

     śrī bhagavānuvāca
     aśocyananvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase.
     gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ.

     The lord [Kṛṣṇa] said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Wise people lament neither for the living nor for the dead.

   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 5.18:

     विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।
     श‍ुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः॥

     The wise people, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and an outcaste [lit. dog-eater].

2. (Hinduism) a Hindu brahmin who has memorised a substantial portion of the Vedas, along with the corresponding rhythms and melodies for chanting or singing them; a pundit
3. incense

• *पण्डक (paṇḍa-ka) — with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) instead of Sanskrit -इत (-ita)
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀅 (paṃḍa-ga), *पंडग (paṃḍaga)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: पंडा (paṇḍā), पण्डा (paṇḍā)

      Urdu: پَنْڈا (paṇḍā)

• Pali: paṇḍita
  • → Burmese: ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.)
  • → Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀅 (paṃḍia)
  • Old Bengali: পাঁডিআ (pā̃ḍiā)
    • Middle Bengali: পাঁড়িআ (pãṛia)
      • Bengali: পাঁড়ে (pãṛe)
  • Gujarati: પંડયો (paṇḍyo)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: पाँडे (pā̃ḍe), पाँड़े (pā̃ṛe)

    Urdu: پان٘ڈے (pā̃ḍe), پان٘ڑے (pā̃ṛe)

  • Marathi: पांड्या (pāṇḍyā)
  • Marathi: 𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘿𑘧𑘰 (pāṇḍyā)
  • Nepali: पाँड़े (pā̃ṛe)
• → Assamese: পণ্ডিত (pondit) (learned)
• → Bengali: পণ্ডিত (ponḍito) (learned)
• → Chinese: 班智達 / 班智达 (bānzhìdá) (phono-semantic matching)
• → Gujarati: પંડિત (paṇḍit) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: पंडित (paṇḍit), पण्डित (paṇḍit)

  Urdu: پنڈت (paṇḍit)

  • → English: pundit, pandit
• → Old Javanese: paṇḍita, paṇḍe
  • Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita)
    • → Indonesian: pandita
    • → Malay: pendeta
      • Indonesian: pendeta
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟᬶᬢ (pandita)
  • Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦺ (pandhé)
    • → Indonesian: pande
  • → Malay: pandai
    • > Indonesian: pandai (inherited)
    • Sabah Malay: pandai
    • → Cantonese: 扮𠮨 (baan6 naai3)
    • → Cebuano: panday
    • → Maranao: panday
    • → Semai: panèy
    • → Tagalog: panday
• → Kannada: ಪಂಡಿತ (paṇḍita)
• → Marathi: पंडित (paṇḍit) (learned)
• → Mongolian: бандид (bandid)
• → Nepali: पंडित (paṇḍit) (learned)
• → Old Khmer: បណ្ឌិត (paṇḍita)
  • Khmer: បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt)
  • Lao: ປັນທິດ (pan thit)
  • Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)
• → Odia: ପଣ୍ଡିତ (paṇḍita) (learned)
• → Punjabi: (learned)

  Gurmukhi script: ਪੰਡਤ (paṇḍat)

  Shahmukhi script: پنڈت (paṇḍat)

• → Tamil: பண்டிதன் (paṇṭitaṉ)
• → Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)
• → Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ (pan chen bla ma)

• Monier Williams (1899), “पण्डित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “पण्डित”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “पण्डित”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “paṇḍita”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.