Any Brahman is, however, commonly addressed by other castes as
Maharaj, great king, or else as Pandit, a learned man. I had a Brahman
chuprassie, or orderly, who was regularly addressed by the rest of the
household as Pandit, and on inquiring as to the literary attainments
of this learned man, I found he had read the first two class-books in
a primary school. Other titles of Brahmans are Dvija, or twice-born,
that is, one who has had the thread ceremony performed; Bipra, applied
to a Brahman learned in the Shastras or scriptures; and Srotriya,
a learned Brahman who is engaged in the performance of Vedic rites.