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A pandit (Sanskrit: ??????, translit. pa??ita; also spelled pundit, pronounced /?p?nd?t, ?pænd?t/; abbreviated as Pt. or Pdt.; Panditain or Punditain can refer to a female pundit or the wife of a pundit) is a Brahmin scholar or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, Hindu philosophy, or secular subjects such as music. He may be a Guru in a Gurukul.

In Sanskrit, states Monier Williams, Pandit generally refers to any "wise, educated or learned man" with specialized knowledge.^[5] The term is derived from pa?? (?????) which means "to collect, heap, pile up", and this root is used in the sense of knowledge.^[6] The term is found in Vedic and post-Vedic texts, but without any sociological context. In the literature of the colonial era, the term generally refers to Brahmins specialized in Hindu law.^[7]

The related term Purohit refers to a house priest.^[4]