# पण्डित (paṇḍita)

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पण्डित (paṇḍita) is a Sanskrit word meaning learned, wise, clever, a scholar, teacher, or philosopher, the name of a man, of a Brahman changed into an antelope, incense, a scholar, teacher, or learned man. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Learned, Wise, Scholar, Proper Noun or Specific Reference, Incense.

- **Etymology:** E. पण्डा learning, इतच् aff — E. paṇḍā learning, itac aff
- **SLP1:** `paRqita`  **IAST:** paṇḍita  **Devanagari:** पण्डित
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandita_%28Buddhism%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pandita/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पंडिता (paṃḍitā), पंडित (paṃḍita)

## Meanings by context

### Learned, Wise, Scholar (11 definitions)
- learned, wise, clever  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 580,3] पण्डित (paṇḍita) mfn. (according to some, for स्पन्दित (spandita) ) learned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in, conversant with ( loc. or comp.; cf. Pāṇini (Author) ii, 1, 40 ), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title); Upaniṣad (Literary category); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=114659 ]
- a scholar, teacher, or philosopher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) m. a scholar, a learned man, teacher, philosopher, a Pandit, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=114660 ]
- 1. Learned, wise, shrewd, or skilled. 2. A scholar, learned man, or pandit.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 150-3 ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) paṇḍitá, a. learned; wise, shrewd; skilled in ( —° ); m. scholar, learned or wise man, Pandit: -tā, f., -tva, n. wisdom; skill in ( —° ); -buddhi, a. philosophic-minded; -mānika, -mānin, -ṃ manya, a. considering oneself wise; -sabhā, f. assembly of Pandits. [ ID=11053 ]
- 1. A scholar, teacher, or learned man. 2. Incense.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 497 ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) m. ( - तः (-taḥ) ) 1 A scholar, a teacher, a Paṇḍita, a learned Brahman, or one read in sacred science, and teaching it to his disciples. 2 Incense. E. पण्डा (paṇḍā) learning, इतच् (itac) aff. [ ID=22998 ]
- A learned man  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 443-b ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) ( तः ) ((taḥ)) 1. m. A learned man. [ ID=22469 ]
- 1. A learned scholar, teacher, or Brahman. 2. Incense. 3. Clever or proficient.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 416-a ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) m. ( - तः (-taḥ) ) 1. A scholar, a teacher, a Pandit, a learned Brāhman, or one read in sacred science, and teaching it to his disciples. 2. Incense. 3. Clever. 4. Proficient. E. पण्डा (paṇḍā) learning, तार० इतच् (tāra0 itac) aff. [ ID=22984 ]
- 1. Learned, wise, shrewd, or skilled. 2. A scholar or wise man.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 0503-b ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) paṇḍita, I. adj. Learned, wise, Bhartṛ. 2, 14; shrewd, Pañc. i. d. 334; skilled, Rājat. 5, 164. II. m. A scholar, a wise man, MBh. 5, 990. [ ID=8015 ]
- 1. Learned, educated, wise, or clever. 2. A scholar or teacher.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 291 ] पण्डित (paṇḍita) a. learned, educated, wise, clever in, familiar with (—°); m. scholar, teacher. — Abstr. ° त्व (°tva) † n. [ ID=17691 ]
- 1. Learned. 2. A learned man.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 185-b ] paṇḍitá, a. learned; as m. learned man, Anglo-Indian pandit. [ ID=2424 ]
- 1. Learned, wise, clever, skilled, or educated. 2. A scholar, wise man, learned Brahmin, teacher, philosopher, or adept. 3. Incense.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 0527-a ] Paṇḍita, as, ā, am [cf. paṇḍā ], learned, wise; shrewd, skilled, clever, educated; ( as ), m. a scholar, learned or wise man, learned Brāhman, teacher, phi- losopher, Pandit; an adept, proficient; N. of a man; incense. —Paṇḍita-jātīya, as, ā, am, somewhat clever, rather learned. —Paṇḍita-tā, f. or paṇḍita- tva, am, n. learning, knowledge, wisdom, skilful- ness, cleverness. —Paṇḍita-buddhi, is, is, i, philo- sophically minded. —Paṇḍita-maṇḍala, am, n. an assembly or circle of learned men. —Paṇḍita- mānika, as, ā, am, or paṇḍita-mānin, ī, inī, i, or paṇḍitam-manya, as, ā, am, fancying one's self learned or clever; an ignorant and conceited person, a pedant who thinks himself a Pandit. —Paṇḍi- tam-manyamāna, as, ā, am, Ved. fancying one's self learned. —Paṇḍita-rāja, as, m. ‘the prince of the learned,’ an epithet of a great scholar. —Paṇḍita- vādin, ī, inī, i, pretending to be wise. —Paṇḍita- sabhā, f. an assembly of Pandits or literati. [ ID=26834 ]
- a learned man  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 1-473 ] Paṇḍita, a ‘learned man,’ is not found until the Upaniṣad period. 1 [ Footnote: 1) Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, iii. 4, 1; vi. 4, 16. 17; Chāndogya Upaniṣad, vi. 14, 2; Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad, i. 2, 8, etc.] [ ID=1658 ]

### Proper Noun or Specific Reference (4 definitions)
- The name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a man (= ° तक (°taka) ), Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=114661 ]
- of a Brahman changed into an antelope  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Brāhman changed into an antelope, Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=114662 ]
- a son of Dhritarashtra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > पण्डित (paṇḍita) [Printed book page 534-1 ] Paṇḍita 1, a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. § 585: (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 88, 3910, 3911 (slain by Bhīmasena). Cf. Paṇḍitaka. [ ID=8009 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Paṇḍita 2 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=8010 ]

### Incense (1 definition)
- incense  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > incense, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=114663 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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