(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[fen1 shen1]{fan1 san1})
2the 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[fen1 shen1]{fan1 san1})
4(fig.) (jocular) the genuine article
5the real McCoy
6the man himself
7the woman herself
8the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)