Paṇḍita (Hindi: paṇḍit; Indonesian/Malay: pendeta; Mongol: bandida; Javanese: pandito, pendito, pendeto; Tibetan: khepa; Wyl: mkhas pa) is a Sanskrit word meaning learned master. The word pundit is derived from pandit or pandita. It may refer to:
- Pandita (Buddhism), a Buddhist teacher skilled in five sciences, bearing the title paṇḍita
- Pandit, the Hindi variant, a broad term for teacher in the ancient and contemporary Indian context
- Pandita (butterfly), a brush-footed butterfly genus
- Pandita Ramabai, Indian social reformer
- Sakya Pandita, a 13th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar
- Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission, Indian charity
- (Sayadaw) U Pandita, 20th century Burmese Theravada master
- Zaya Pandita, a 17th century Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar.
- Lakshmana Pandita, author of Vaidyarajavallabha (also known as Vaidyavallabha), a Sanskrit book on Indian medicine written during the Vijayanagara Empire in the 15th century