如是

にょぜ

Meanings

1. Noun ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) See also: 如是我聞 (にょぜがもん).
2. ten thusnesses (in Tendai) See also: 十如是 (じゅうにょぜ).

Kanji

• 如 as if. Read as ニョ.
• 是 affirm. Read as ゼ.

Words containing 如是

• 如是我聞 (にょぜがもん) thus I hear (quote from the sutras)
• 十如是 (じゅうにょぜ) ten thusnesses (in Tendai)

Word lists

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