पण्डित

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

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

1. alternative spelling of पंडित (paṇḍit)

पण्डित • (paṇḍit) m (feminine 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/

पण्डित • (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.

पण्डित • (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. a Hindu Brahmin who has memorized 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: paṇḍā

      Hindi: पंडा

      Urdu: پَنْڈا (panḍā)

• Pali: paṇḍita
  • → Burmese: ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.)
  • → Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀅 (paṃḍia)
  • Marathi: पांड्या (pāṇḍyā)
  • Hindustani: pā̃ḍe

    Hindi: पाँडे

    Urdu: پان٘ڈے (pā̃ḍe)

  • → Old Javanese: paṇḍe
    • Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦺ (pandhé)
    • → Malay: pandai
      • Indonesian: pandai
      • Sabah Malay: pandai
      • → Cantonese: 扮𠮨 (baan6 naai3)
      • → Cebuano: panday
      • → Maranao: panday
      • → Semai: panèy
      • → Tagalog: panday
• Old Javanese: paṇḍita
  • Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita)
    • → Indonesian: pandita
    • → Malay: pendeta
      • Indonesian: pendeta
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟᬶᬢ (pandita)
• Chinese: 班智達 / 班智达 (bānzhìdá) (phono-semantic matching)

• 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 (2010–2025) “paṇḍita”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.