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pan·dit

(păn′dĭt) or pun·dit (pŭn′-)

1. A Brahmin scholar or learned man.

2. Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India.

[Hindi paṇḍit, from Sanskrit paṇḍitaḥ; see pundit.]

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pandit

(ˈpʌndɪt; spelling pron ˈpændɪt)

(Hinduism) Hinduism a variant of pundit³

Pandit

(ˈpʌndɪt)

(Biography) Vijaya Lakshmi (vɪˈdʒaɪə ˈlɑːkʃmɪ). 1900–90, Indian politician and diplomat; sister of Jawaharlal Nehru

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pan•dit

(ˈpʌn dɪt; spelling pron. ˈpæn dɪt)

also pundit

(in India) a man highly esteemed for his wisdom and learning: often used as a title of respect.

[1820–30; < Hindi < Skt paṇḍita]

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Summary: New Delhi [India], July 01 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Centre is committed to bringing Kashmiri Pandits and Sufis back to the valley saying a time will come when they will offer prayers at the famous Kheer Bhawani temple.

Modi govt committed to bringing Kashmiri Pandits back to valley: Amit Shah

Similarly, there are varying figures of the number of Kashmiri Pandits who were killed by armed groups, since an armed insurgency started in the late 1980s.

Indian human rights violations in Kashmir on the rise

He said Kashmiri Pandits in past were also writing the language in the same script as it was written by Kashmiri Muslims.

Kashmiri translations removal from Bhasha Sangam flayed

They have been the biggest support not only for Rajnath, but also for over 3,000 Kashmiri Pandits who continue to live among their Muslim neighbours in the Valley -- much against the established narrative that all Pandits had fled because of persecution in the Muslim-dominated region.

In Kashmir, a silver lining of goodwill and peace

IANS Srinagar Scores of migrant Kashmiri Pandits arrived at Mata Kheer Bhawani Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Wednesday to attend an annual festival, officials said.

Kashmiri Pandits reach Ganderbal for annual fest

THE CENTRE'S plan to build townships for Kashmiri Pandits that could facilitate the return of thousands to their homeland has hit a roadblock as the state government has made no efforts to identify land promised Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's father late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed in April 2015.

Townships for Kashmiri Pandits in no man's land

Most of the time, they also do not have access to genuine materials, reliable Pandits for sacred & spiritual ceremonies.

PujaShoppe Introduces Online Pandit Services

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Kashmir card, ensuring return of displaced Kashmiri Hindus, known largely as Kashmiri pandits, to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is very much on the table.

Using Hindu card in Kashmir

New Delhi: Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday staged a protest here demanding that the state and Centre take the community members into confidence before any decision on their return to the Valley and also pressed for setting up a commission to probe the "genocide" which led to their exodus.

Kashmiri Pandits hold rally over return issue

In a shocking revelation, as many as 163 Indians, most of them brought to the US as teenagers from villages in northern India to be trained into Vedic Pandits by two institutions set up by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of transcendental meditation fame, appear to have gone missing over the last 12 months.

Vedic Pandits go 'missing' in US

But with a baby and a small child, the Pandits moved west in 2003, trading big-city suburbs for Nevada's very small capital city.