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本尊

běn zūn

Definitions

  1. 1. (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity)
  2. 2. the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar
  3. 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fēn shēn)
  4. 4. (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
  5. 5. the real McCoy
  6. 6. the man himself
  7. 7. the woman herself
  8. 8. the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)

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