Are Purushas many or there is single Purusha manifested in diverse forms?

Answer 1

You mean Atma(individual soul) & Paramatma(universal soul) ?Depending on your level of understanding/consciousness - Annihilation of Ahankara in Atma makes Paramatma.
Merging of a tiny wave in the infinite ocean.
In other words Paramatma is the Pure & Unmanifest form of Atma.

Its like asking how many threads the basket is woven of ?How does it matter .What is more important the basket or the fruit ?Let the others argue & fight over the basket;you enjoy the fruit of meditation!

Answer 2

As per sankhya philosophy Purusha is manyfold.
Prakruti is one.
Prakruti is Trugunatmak (it has basically three qualities - Sattwa - light,
Rajas - movement, Tamas - nonmovement or inertia).
Hence all non living things can ultimately be traced back to this 1
Prakriti.

However Purusha are many - The Supreme or Ishvara or God, The reflection of that Supreme in the lake of our memory making us different living souls. And the Ultimate that eshchews all the differences and encompasses all and everything.
There - the ulitmate - only the one exists - there is no question of duality there - or anything other than that.

By following one of the many noble paths laid down by traditional Indian Dharma (or Upsana or Way of efforts) in guidence of a true master (who has achieved all that has to be achieved and reached the Ultimate) one can reach the ultimate reality.

There since only 1 exists,
The sciptures say there is just 1 Ultimate - call it Brahman or Purusha or whatever.

So from wolrdly point of view Purusha are many.

But the Brahman or the Ulimate Purusha is 1 and it is reflected in our Chitta (roughly tanslated as memory) giving us a perception of manifoldedness of Purusha. The supreme and the individual souls are nothing but just the reflections !

Answer 3

Traditionally, in its strict sense purusha is supposed to be only one, and even the manifested forms are with combination of Stree aspect.
This is symbolically stated in a story told about Meera Bai, the great saint, when she was refused audience to see another saint(the reason, he did not see females as a matter of celibacy austerity rule!), she told the disciple to inform his master that she was under the impression there is only one purusha, and was astonished to see another human declaring himself to be so !

Answer 4

Purusha means enjoyer and it denotes particularly the supreme enjoyer or the Lord. Enjoyer must necessarily be a person. An impersonal thing cannot be an enjoyer. And enjoyer implies there is something to be enjoyed, which is known as prakrti in Sanskrit. The prakrti, the enjoyed, is subordinate to the purusha, the enjoyer. There is one Purusha, or Absolute Truth, who has manifested all varieties of prakrti for His enjoyment. He manifests innumerable forms to fulfill the desires of His devotees who wish to reciprocate loving pastimes with Him in different forms. All of His forms are as equally transcendental as His original form, Bhagavan Sri Krsna, whose body is composed of sat-cit-ananda, eternal, unlimited bliss and perfect knowledge

Answer 5

As per sankhya, purushas are many

As per Vedanta Purusha is One who manifests as many

As per Tantra Purusha (Shiva) is reflected in many egos manifested by Shakti

Answer 6

According Puranas there are many, but some of them state there is only one. u can call him/ her by any name as there is no specific form to the infinite.