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Old Javanese
Etymology
From Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar”). Doublet of paṇḍe.
Noun
paṇḍita
- sage,
- holy man
Descendants
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita).
Noun
paṇḍita m
- wise man
c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:8. පමාදං අප්පමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ්ඩිතො 28
පඤ්ඤාපාසාදමාරුය්හ අසොකො සොකිනිං පජං
පබ්බතට්ඨො’ව භුම්මට්ඨෙ ධීරො බාලෙ අවෙක්ඛති.- 8. Pamādaṃ appamādena yadā nudati paṇḍito 28
Paññāpāsādamāruyha asoko sokiniṃ pajaṃ
Pabbataṭṭho'va bhummaṭṭhe dhīro bāle avekkhati. - 8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below. - (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence, 28
having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free behold this generation of sorrow,
as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)
Declension
Declension table of "paṇḍita" (masculine)
Descendants