noun · the primary object of worship on a Buddhist altar, or a practitioner's personal meditational deity (yidam)

這座寺廟的大殿內供奉著本尊釋迦牟尼佛。

noun · the actual person in the flesh or the original manifestation of something, as opposed to a copy, representation, or spin-off

我以前只在電視上看過他，沒想到今天竟然見到了本尊。