Meaning
běnzūnben3 zun1
- (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)