Pema ( or ) is a
Tibetan name meaning "
lotus
Lotus may refer to:
Plants
*Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
**Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
", which originated as a
loanword from
Sanskrit ''
padma''. People who have this name as one of their given names
[Note that Tibetan names generally do not have surnames. See e.g. ] include:
Buddhist teachers and leaders
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Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), Bhutanese saint
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Nyala Pema Dündul
Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), also known as Terton Nyala Pema Duddul, was a teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet
Kham (; )
is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and ...
(1816–1872), teacher of Dzogchen and Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet
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Pema Trinle (1874–1950), teacher of the Sakya tradition
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Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang
Gomchen Pema Chewang Tamang (1918–13 March 1966) was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, teacher
A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via t ...
(1918–1966), Sikkimese Buddhist scholar
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Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, 1936), American nun
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Pema Tönyö Nyinje (born 1954), the 12th Tai Situpa
*Jigmet Pema Wangchen (born 1963), the
12th Gyalwang Drukpa
The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Jigmet Pema Wangchen (, born 1963), is the head of the Drukpa Lineage school, which is one of the independent Sarma (Tibetan Buddhism), Sarma (new) schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In Drukpa, druk means 'dragon' which is a ...
Royalty
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Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first queen consort of Bhutan
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Pema Dechen (1918–1991), third queen consort of Bhutan
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Jetsun Pema (born 1990), queen consort of Bhutan since 2011
Sportspeople
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Pema Tshering
Pema Tshering (born 15 July 1951), is an archer who represented Bhutan internationally.
Tshering competed for Bhutan at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished 76th in Seoul and finished one pl ...
(born 1951), Bhutanese arche
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Pema Chophel (born 1981), Bhutanese footballer
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Pema Dorji (footballer) (born 1985), Bhutanese footballer
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Pema Rinchen (born 1986), Bhutanese footballer
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Pema Diki Sherpa (born 1988), Nepalese mountain climber
Other
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Pema Dorji (doctor) (1936–2009), practitioner of traditional Bhutanese medicine
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Jetsun Pema (born 1940), sister of the 14th Dalai Lama
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Pema Dhondup (), Nepalese film director
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Pema Tseden (born 1969), Chinese film director
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Pema Dakpa (born ), Bhutanese politician
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Pema Khandu (born 1979), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
See also
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Padma (disambiguation)
References
{{Given name
Tibetan names