Board Thread:Hang-Out Zone/@comment-96.48.163.83-20150811153647

Nathan Pandit - "What's In A Name"  Quoting from Wikpedia, (I don't know how to cite this properly), "A Pandit or Pundi't, (both pronounced, 'Pandit,' is a scholar and a teacher, particularly one skilled in the Sanskrit language, who has mastered the four scriptures, Hindu rituals, Hindu law, religion, music and / or philosophy under a Guru in a Gurukul or has been tutored under the ancient Vedic Guru Shishya academic tradition.  The English loan word pundit 'is derived from it but has been used to broadly reference the following:  Siddhas, Siddhars, Naths, Ascetics, Sadhus, or Yogis.  In the usage of the word "Pandit" synonymous to "Purohits" refers to and they claim to be Hindu, almost a Brahmin who has memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas with the corresponding rhythms and melodies for chanting religious verses or singing during prayers or rituals. A "Pundit," (sometimes also called a talking head), is a person who offeers to mass media an opinion or commentary on a particular subject area, (most typically political analysis, social sciences, technology or sport, on which they are knowledgeable, (or can at least appear to be knowledgeable, or considered a scholar in said area. The term has been increasingly applied to popular media personalities. In certain cases, it may be used in a derogratory manner as well, as the political equivalent of ideologue. 