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Definition of Pandits
1. pandit [n] - See also: pandit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pandits
Literary usage of Pandits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The colloquial languages of modern India are divided by the pandits into two classes,
... according to the pandits, are ' the Telinga, the Karnataka, ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The colloquial languages of modern India are divided by the pandits into two
classes, each containing five dialects. These are denominated respectively 'the ..."
3. The Valley of Kashmír by Walter Roper Lawrence (1895)
"band of pandits, who were employed in the tahsil in various revenue capa- CHAP.
XVII. cities, but they did not condescend to manipulate the taxation of ..."
4. Evangelical Christendom: Christian Work and the News of the Churches by Evangelical Alliance (1861)
"... of the " Bible for the pandits," there is no one that evinces a more intelligent
and candid appreciation of ray attempt ..."
5. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Gauri Sankar is the term in use among the Hindu pandits of Nepal ; its signification
shows a remarkable identity with the meaning of the name . ..."
6. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... as he supposes, from Judith, once a common female name. Puncheon. A measure
of capacity ; 84 gallons = one puncheon of wine. Pundit. (pandits. ..."
7. Studies by Bijay Chand Mahtab (1904)
"THE MODERN pandits OF BENGAL. In former days every village of Bengal had its
known house of pandits (and often more than one house), who used to keep up a ..."
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