Talk:Pandita

Untitled
Is this related to the english word "pundit"? Looks like it is!

Moro panditas religous men
Panditas were religious men among the Moro muslims in the southern philippines. They performed circumcision and controlled education, teaching reading, writing and islam in their pandita schools during the sultanate era.

http://books.google.com/books?id=He3IAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=xBs-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=mohammedan+circumcision+philippines&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dAurULKxMtDW0gGZ6oHoBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=mohammedan%20circumcision%20philippines&f=false

Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States

http://books.google.com/books?id=pv4TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA221&dq=tuli+philippines+mohammedan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sgyrUP2LBqux0QHPi4C4DQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=tuli%20philippines%20mohammedan&f=false

American Journal of Dermatology and Genito-urinary Diseases

Rajmaan (talk) 21:07, 17 February 2014 (UTC)