satpuruza
satpuruṣa ( cf. Skt. id. , Pali sappurisa), lit. worthy or true man : Mvy 7358 ; sixteen s° listed SP 3.10 , the chief being Bhadrapāla, who is the only one named in RP 2.3 , where 16 are also referred to. They are evidently a lay category, and are mentioned immediately after a list of Bodhisattvas. According to Professor Paul Mus (oral communication, May, 1949) , they are a kind of lay equivalent of the Bodhisattvas, who live the life of gṛhapatis; Prof. Mus finds a typical illustration of them in the figure of Vimalakīrti ( q.v. ), so well known in Chinese Buddhism. In BHS , V. is not listed so far as I know except once in a list of 16 Bodhisattvas. The term satpuruṣa may include monks: Mv i.37.4 (see s.v. labhā, labhyaṃ ).