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PUNDIT (Hindi pandit; Skr. pandita)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 649 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUNDIT (See also:Hindi pandit; Skr. pandita) , a learned See also:man, a teacher, particularly one skilled in See also:Sanskrit and See also:Hindu See also:law, See also:religion and See also:philosophy. Before the institution of the High Courts in 1862, the Supreme See also:Court of See also:India had a law officer styled the Pundit of the Supreme Court, who advised the See also:English See also:judges on points of Hindu law. The See also:term is frequently applied, somewhat derisively, or humorously, to learned persons, to those who claim by See also:long See also:official or other experience to See also:lay down the law or dictate principles of conduct.

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