本尊

Traditional form:

本尊

Pinyin (reading):

běnzūn

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 (fēnshēn))
• (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)

Characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 尊 - to honor, to respect, to venerate

Traditional characters:

• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 尊 - to honor, to respect, to venerate