Famous People with Name Pandita

Pandita Jagannatha Samrat            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pandita Jagannatha Samrat: was an Indian astronomer and mathematician in the court of Jai Singh II of Amber. He learned Arabic and Persian in order to study Islamic astronomy. His works include Rekhaganita, a translation of Euclid's Elements made from Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Arabic recension of same; Siddhantasarakaustubha, a translation of the Almagest from Arabic; and two works on astronomical instruments such as the astrolabe, Siddhanta-samrat and Yantraprakara, which also record astronomical observations made by Jagannatha.

Balajinnatha Pandita            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Balajinnatha Pandita: was a Sanskrit scholar and authority of Kashmir Shaivism.He obtained his Ph.D. at Punjab University and was the Professor of Sanskrit and Philosophy at Himachal Pradesh University. He was honored for his work by the President of India, and was also on the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute Academic Council.[1]

U Pandita            Origin/Culture/Country: Asia

U Pandita: is one of the foremost living masters of Vipassana meditation. He trained in the Burmese Theravada Buddhist tradition. A successor to the late Mahasi Sayadaw, he has taught many of the Western teachers and students of the Mahasi style of Vipassana meditation. He is the abbot of Pa??itarama Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar.