本尊
běnzūn
ㄅㄣˇ ㄗㄨㄣ
- 1(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)
- 2the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
- 3(of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1])
- 4(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
- 5the real McCoy
- 6the man himself
- 7the woman herself
- 8the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)