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A pandit (Sanskrit: ... is an individual with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, [1] particularly the Vedic scriptures, ...
A Pujari or an Archaka is a Hindu temple priest. [1] [2] A Purohita or Pandit officiates and performs rituals and ceremonies, and is usually linked to a specific family or, historically, a dynasty. [3] Traditionally, priests have predominantly come from the Brahmin varna, whose male members are designated for the function in the Hindu texts. [4 ...
He was president of the Indian National Congress three times and the founder of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha. He was addressed as Pandit, [1] a title of respect. Malaviya strove to promote modern education among Indians and co-founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916, which was created under the 1915 BHU Act.
From at least the early 19th century, a Pundit of the Supreme court in Colonial India was an officer of the judiciary who advised British judges on questions of Hindu law. In Anglo-Indian use, pundit also referred to a native of India who was trained and employed by the British to survey inaccessible regions beyond the British frontier. [5]
This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and spiritual masters.. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] godman," [1] by author David Smith.
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya [α] [4] (born Pandit Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) [β] is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. [5]
This was particularly worrisome, the report said, because Muslim Waghers — whose Hindu vegetarian neighbors often view fishers with disdain — are “statutorily recognized as educationally and socially disadvantaged and acknowledged by IFC to be vulnerable.”
On 4 June, Girija Tickoo, a Kashmiri Hindu teacher was gang raped by terrorists, who ripped her abdomen and chopped her body into two pieces with a saw machine while she was still alive. [137] Many Kashmiri Pandit women were kidnapped, raped and murdered, throughout the time of exodus.