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
Pandita (Buddhism), a Buddhist teacher skilled in five sciences
Agga Maha Pandita, an honorific title used in Theravada Buddhism
Pandit, the Hindi variant, a broad term for teacher in the ancient and contemporary Indian context Pandita (Islam), a term for Muslim ritual specialists in the Philippines
People
Balajinnatha Pandita (1916–2007), Sanskrit scholar
Gadadhara Pandita, an associate of Hindu social reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Lakshmana Pandita, 15th century Indian medical author
Pandita Ramabai (1858–1922), Indian social reformer
Sakya Pandita (1182–1251), 13th-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar
Sayadaw U Pandita (1921–2016), Burmese Theravada master
Zaya Pandita (1599–1662), Buddhist missionary priest and the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar
Other uses
Pandita (butterfly), a brush-footed butterfly of tribe Limenitidini
See also
Pandit (disambiguation)