DDB: 本尊 | main object of veneration

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本尊

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Basic Meaning: main object of veneration

Senses:

A buddha, bodhisattva, or maṇḍala 曼荼羅 that is used as an object of worship; also called 本師 and 本佛. When appearing externally, it is referred to as an 'object of veneration with form' 有相本尊, while one that is generated in the mind of the practitioner is called an 'object of veneration without form' 無相本尊. the sutras of Esoteric school 密教—the Mahāvairocana-sūtra 大日經 and the Yuzhi jing 瑜祗經—mention the main object of veneration, but the term has come to be used more generally to describe objects of veneration throughout the various schools of Buddhism. Although the Esoteric school views Mahāvairocana 大日如來 as the original object of veneration, bodhisattvas and other deities have become objects of veneration that manifest one aspect of Mahāvairocana. Cf. 挾侍佛. Source: 佛教事典「中村元], p. 751 (Skt. sva-deva, iṣṭa-devatā, svêṣṭa-deva; adhidaivata, devatā, prabhu, svakula-devatā). 〔大日經 T 848.18.17b23〕 [Mark Dennis]

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[Dictionary References]

Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 986

Bulgyo sajeon 312a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1166a

Iwanami bukkyō jiten 751

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 117a/128

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 226

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1264d

Fo Guang Dictionary 1969

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0644

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4697b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1622-3

(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 189

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Entry created: 2001-09-08

Updated: 2017-08-26