Sanskrit · noun · Faith & Sacred History

Pandit

पंडित

said pan-dit

also written: Pundit,Pandt

Meaning

A learned Brahmin scholar or Hindu priest.

Literally: learned man, scholar

Related words

A Brahmin or Hindu priest; in Persianate poetry the idol-temple's keeper, a counterpart to the Muslim cleric.

A Hindu temple, the house of worship of an image of a deity.

The body of learned religious scholars of Islam.