本尊 (ほんぞん, honzon) Japanese meaning | KotomoraThe principal image of this temple is Amida Nyorai.
Usage patterns
〈物〉を本尊として祀るto enshrine something as the principal object of worship
This temple enshrines the Yakushi Buddha as its principal object of worship.
本尊に手を合わせるto join one's hands in prayer before the principal image
The worshippers joined their hands in prayer before the principal image.
ご本尊は〈人〉だthe person at the center of it all is (someone)
The man of the hour at the party was the president himself.
