Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

padmasambhava

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: pad-masamb-ha-va
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद्मसम्भव (padmasambhava), from पद्म (padma) + सम्भव (sambhava).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: पद्मसम्भव

Questions

What does padmasambhava mean?: a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
Where does padmasambhava come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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