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Scholar or teacher of Hindu law, philosophy or music

For other uses, see Pandit (disambiguation).

A pandit (Sanskrit: पण्डितः, romanized:&#;paṇḍita; Hindi: पंडित;^[1] also spelled pundit, pronounced ;^[2] abbreviated Pt. or Pdt.) is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism,^[1] particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era literature, the term generally refers to lawyers specialized in Hindu law.^[3] Whereas, today the title is used for experts in other subjects, such as music.^[4][5] Pandit entered English as the loanwordpundit, referring to a person who offers opinion in an authoritative manner on a particular subject area (typically politics, the social sciences, technology or sport), usually through the mass media.^[6]Ustad is the equivalent title for a Muslim man in the musical sense.^[5] The equi