The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pandit \Pan"dit\, n.
   Same as Pundit.
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.]
   A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the
   Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of
   the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
   [Written also pandit.] [India]
   [1913 Webster]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "pandit":
   abecedarian, certified teacher, docent, doctor, dominie, don,
   educationist, educator, fellow, guide, guru, instructor, maestro,
   master, melamed, mentor, mullah, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor,
   professor, pundit, rabbi, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster,
   schoolteacher, starets, teacher