name
Lobsang
LOB-sang
ˈlɒbsɑŋListen
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Syllable breakdown
Lobsang
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tibetan (Tibet/India)
- Meaning
- a masculine Tibetan name meaning good-hearted or brilliant mind, composed of the elements lob meaning study or mind and sang meaning good or pure; Lobsang is one of the most frequently given names in Tibetan Buddhist communities across Tibet, Nepal, India, and Bhutan, carried by numerous reincarnate lamas and senior monastics including the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, who is remembered as one of the greatest political and religious leaders in Tibetan history; the name expresses the highest aspiration of Tibetan Buddhist education, the cultivation of a pure and brilliant mind devoted to the benefit of all sentient beings
- Gender
- male
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