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)
Paṇḍita (Sanskrit; Tibetan: ''khepa''; Wyl:'' mkhas pa'') was a title in Indian Buddhism awarded to scholars who have mastered the five sciences (Sanskrit: ''pañcavidyāsthāna''; Tib. ''rigné chenpo nga''; Wyl. ''rig gnas chen po lnga'') i ...
, a Buddhist teacher skilled in five sciences
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Agga Maha Pandita
Aggamahāpaṇḍita ( my, အဂ္ဂမဟာပဏ္ဍိတ, ) is an honorific Burmese Buddhist title conferred by the Myanmar government to distinguished Theravada Buddhist monks.
Etymology
Aggamahāpandiṭa, meaning "foremost great an ...
, an honorific title used in Theravada Buddhism
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Pandit, 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
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
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (Tibetan: ས་སྐྱ་པཎ་ཌི་ཏ་ཀུན་དགའ་རྒྱལ་མཚན, ) (1182 – 28 November 1251) was a Tibetan spiritual leader and Buddhist scholar and the fourth of the Five S ...
(1182–1251), 13th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar
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U Pandita
Sayadaw U Paṇḍita ( my, ဆရာတော် ဦးပဏ္ဍိတ, ; also ''Ovādācariya Sayādo Ū Paṇḍitābhivaṁsa''; 28 July 1921 – 16 April 2016) was one of the foremost masters of Vipassanā. He trained in the Theravada ...
(1921–2016), Burmese Theravada master
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Zaya Pandita
Zaya Pandita or Namkhaijamts (1599–1662) was a 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.
Biography
Zaya Pandita ...
(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
* ''Athyma'' Westwood, 850/small> – sergeants
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See also
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Pundit (disambiguation)
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