Pandit
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A pandit is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Sanskrit or Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era lit
A flyer advertising Sakharam Ganesh Pandit in Kilbourn, Wisconsin c.1910
1816 painting of Colin Mackenzie and three pandits
A young pandit holding the lamp of fire
Kashmiri Pandits
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The Kashmiri Pandits are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, located within
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…Equivalent titles for women are Vidushi or Pandita (Sanskrit: पण्डिता, romanized: paṇḍitā; Hindi: पंडित). The Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu clan from the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir. Pandit as a last name is used by Kashmiri Hindus, Kashmiri Muslims of Hindu lineage and…
Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar, c. 1895 CE
A c. 8th century CE Shaiva Hindu temple complex in the Himalayas of Kashmir
1869 photograph of the ruins of the Martand Sun Temple, built during Karkota rule
1872 painting depicting Srinagar, with Pandits in the foreground