本尊

běn zūn

Definitions

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

root

senior