十六菩薩 shíliù púsà shih-liu p'u-sa 십육보살 sibyuk bosal sibyuk posal ジュウロクボサツ jūroku bosatsu thập lục bồ tát sixteen bodhisattvas 十六大士 (or 十六正士) The sixteen bodhisattvas; there are two groups, one of the 顯教 exoteric, one of the 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 賢 kalpa, such as the present: E. 彌勒, 不空, 除憂, 除惡; S. 香象, 大精進, 虛空藏智幢; W. 無量光, 賢護, 網明, 月光; N. 無量意 (文殊), 辨積, 金剛藏普賢." 法華經 T 262.9.25b2 520 392 (v.1-6)2411c 959-2