十六菩萨

(十六菩薩, 十六菩萨)

[lang id =1028]十六大士 (or [lang id =1028]十六正士) The sixteen bodhisattvas; there are two groups, one of the [lang id =1028]顯教 exoteric, one of the [lang id =1028]密教 esoteric cults; the exoteric list is indefinite; the esoteric has two lists, one is of four bodhisattvas to each of the Buddhas of the four quarters of the Diamond Realm; the other is of the sixteen who represent the body of bodhisattvas in a [lang id =1028]賢 kalpa, such as the present: E. [lang id =1028]彌勒, [lang id =1028]不空, [lang id =1028]除憂, [lang id =1028]除惡; S. [lang id =1028]香象, [lang id =1028]大精進, [lang id =1028]虛 [lang id =1028]空藏智幢; W. [lang id =1028]無量光, [lang id =1028]賢護, [lang id =1028]網明, [lang id =1028]月光; N. [lang id =1028]無量意 ([lang id =1028]文殊), [lang id =1028]辨積, [lang id =1028]金剛藏普賢.