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सत्पुरुष (satpuruSa)

 
Capeller Eng
English
सत्पुरुष
m.
 a good or excellent man.
Yates
English
स-त्पुरुष (षः) 1.
m.
 A worthy man.
Wilson
English
सत्पुरुष
m.
 (-षः) A worthy or spirited man.
E.
 सत्, and पुरुष a male.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सत्—पुरुष
m.
 a good or wise man,
Kāv.
Kām.
&c.
Hindi
Hindi
अच्छा आदमी
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
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).
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Satpuruṣa (LL), a Buddhist saint.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
सत्पुरुषः,
पुं,
 (सन् पुरुषः ।) पूज्यमानपुरुषः ।इति संक्षिप्तसारसमासपादः । (यथा, रामा-यणे । २ । ४८ । ८ ।“एकः सत्पुरुषो लोके लक्षणः सह सीतया ।योऽनुगच्छति काकुत्स्थं रामं परिचरन् वने ॥
)”
Capeller
German
सत्पुरुष
m.
 ein guter Mensch.