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pandit

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pan·dit  (pndt) or pun·dit (pn-)
n.
1. A Brahman scholar or learned man.
2. Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India.

[Hindi pait, from Sanskrit paita; see pundit.]

pandit [ˈpʌndɪt (spelling pron) ˈpændɪt]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) Hinduism a variant of pundit [3]

Pandit [ˈpʌndɪt]
n
(Biographies / Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi (1900-1990) F, Indian, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: diplomat) Vijaya Lakshmi (vɪˈjaɪə ˈlɑːkʃmɪ). 1900-90, Indian politician and diplomat; sister of Jawaharlal Nehru


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But Malik said he had eschewed violence 15 years ago, and had travelled across the state to reach out to the Pandits.
4 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that Kashmiri Pandit migrants would be consulted on issues regarding their return to the valley and rehabilitation.
ISLAMABAD, June 27, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Appointment of Farah Pandit as the special emissary of US government to Muslim world brought jubilations, pride and festivity among her family and relatives in occupied Kashmir.
 
 
 
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