paṇḍita

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar”). Doublet of paṇḍe.

Noun

paṇḍita

1. sage,
2. holy man

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦠ (pandhita)
  • → Malay: pendeta
    • Indonesian: pendeta
• → Balinese: ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟᬶᬢ (pandita)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• पण्डित (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita).

Noun

paṇḍita m

1. wise man
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. පමාදං අප‍්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතො 28
     පඤ‍්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය‍්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
     පබ‍්බතට‍්ඨො’ව භුම‍්මට‍්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක‍්ඛති.

     8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
     Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
     Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati.

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "paṇḍita" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	paṇḍito	paṇḍitā
Accusative (second)	paṇḍitaṃ	paṇḍite
Instrumental (third)	paṇḍitena	paṇḍitehi or paṇḍitebhi
Dative (fourth)	paṇḍitassa or paṇḍitāya or paṇḍitatthaṃ	paṇḍitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	paṇḍitasmā or paṇḍitamhā or paṇḍitā	paṇḍitehi or paṇḍitebhi
Genitive (sixth)	paṇḍitassa	paṇḍitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	paṇḍitasmiṃ or paṇḍitamhi or paṇḍite	paṇḍitesu
Vocative (calling)	paṇḍita	paṇḍitā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.)
• → Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt)