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

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