本尊

běn zūn

Definitions

•(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)
•the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
•(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[fēn shēn])
•(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
•the real McCoy
•the man himself
•the woman herself
•the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)