本ほん地じ

noun

true form of a buddha

Archaic Buddhist term referring to the original, fundamental nature of a buddha, as opposed to a manifested or temporary form (垂迹).

See also: 垂迹

• 本ほん地じ垂すい迹じゃく説せつでは、仏ほとけの本ほん地じが日本にほんの神かみとして現あらわれるとされる。

  In the theory of honji suijaku, the true form of a buddha is said to manifest as a Japanese kami.

noun

land of origin; homeland

Only with reading ほんち

Used with the reading ほんち to refer to one's native country or place of origin; less common than ほんじ.

• 彼かれは本ほん地ちを離はなれて久ひさしい。

  He has been away from his homeland for a long time.