Save Gender Masculine Usage Buddhism Scripts पद्मसम्भव(Sanskrit) Pronounced Pron. /pɐd̪.mɐ.s̪ɐm.ˈbʱɐ.ʋɐ/(Sanskrit) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "lotus-born" from Sanskrit पद्म (padma) meaning "lotus" and सम्भव (sambhava) meaning "being or coming together, birth, origin". This is the name of a bodhisattva most prominent in the Vajrayana tradition.