如是

Adverb

 * 1)  like this; so; such

Etymology
From, in turn from. Used to translate.

First cited to the Buddhist text, part of the dated to 611. The text is written in, a kind of specialized Classical Chinese adapted slightly for Japanese readers. The first citation in a definitively Japanese-language text might not be until the compiled during the years 1231–53.

Adverb

 * 1)   like this
 * : the ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect