Save Gender Masculine Usage Buddhism Scripts पद्मसम्भव(Sanskrit) Pronounced Pron. pud-mu-sum-BU-vu(Sanskrit) [key·IPA] 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.