# पण्डित
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/, [pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪]

### Adjective

पण्डित • (paṇḍit) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پنڈت)
* alternative spelling of पंडित (paṇḍit)

### Noun

पण्डित • (paṇḍit) m (feminine पण्डिता, Urdu spelling پنڈت)
* alternative spelling of पंडित (paṇḍit)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* paṇḍita (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* পণ্ডিত (Bengali script)
* පණ‍්ඩිත (Sinhalese script)
* ပဏ္ဍိတ or ပꧣ္ꩨိတ or ပꧣ်ꩨိတ (Burmese script)
* ปณฺฑิต or ปัณฑิตะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᨱ᩠ᨯᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຓ຺ຑິຕ or ປັຓຑິຕະ (Lao script)
* បណ្ឌិត (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄕𑄴𑄓𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Noun

पण्डित m
* Devanagari script form of paṇḍita (“wise man”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পণ্ডিত (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
* পণ্ডিত (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ပဏ္ဍိတ (Burmese script)
* પણ્ડિત (Gujarati script)
* ਪਣ੍ਡਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦟ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಣ್ಡಿತ (Kannada script)
* បណ្ឌិត (Khmer script)
* ປຓ຺ຑິຕ (Lao script)
* പണ്ഡിത (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢏᡷᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢏᢎᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
* ପଣ୍ଡିତ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢠ꣄ꢞꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
* පණ‍්ඩිත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
* பண்டி³த (Tamil script)
* పణ్డిత (Telugu script)
* ปณฺฑิต (Thai script)
* པ་ཎྜི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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”). See पण्डा (paṇḍā) for more.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐɳ.ɖi.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐɳ.ɖi.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

पण्डित • (paṇḍitá) stem
* 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.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

पण्डित • (paṇḍitá) stem, m
* 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].
* 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
* incense

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Alternative forms

* *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)

#### Descendants

* 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)

#### Borrowed terms

* Hindustani: paṇḍit (learned)
    Hindi: पंडित
    Urdu: پنڈت
** → English: pundit
* Old Javanese: paṇḍita
** Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita)
*** → Indonesian: pandita
*** → Malay: pendeta
**** Indonesian: pendeta
** → Balinese: ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟᬶᬢ (pandita)
* Kannada: ಪಂಡಿತ (paṇḍita)
* Malay: pandai
** Indonesian: pandai
** Sabah Malay: pandai
** → Cantonese: 扮𠮨 (baan6 naai3)
** → Cebuano: panday
** → Maranao: panday
** → Semai: panèy
** → Tagalog: panday
* Marathi: पंडित (paṇḍit)
* Mongolian: бандид (bandid)
* Punjabi: (learned)
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੰਡਤ (paṇḍat)
    Shahmukhi script: پنڈت (panḍat)
* Tamil: பண்டிதன் (paṇṭitaṉ)
* Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)
* Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ (pan chen bla ma)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 70-1
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṇḍitá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### Further reading

* 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.