Pema (Tibetan: པད་མ or པདྨ; Wylie: pad ma) is a Tibetan name meaning "lotus", which originated as a loanword from Sanskrit padma.[1][2] People who have this name as one of their given names[3] include:

Buddhist teachers and leaders

Royalty

Sportspeople

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Tucci, Giuseppe (1988). The Religions of Tibet. University of California Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780520063488.
  2. ^ Gayley, Holly (2016). Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet. Columbia University Press. p. 290. ISBN 9780231542753.
  3. ^ Note that Tibetan names generally do not have surnames. See e.g. Childs, Geoff (2004). Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal. University of California Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780520241336.
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