(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)