Ama-nyudo - Amanyuudo

Japanese: 尼入道 - あまにゅうどう
Ama-nyudo - Amanyuudo
〘 noun 〙 A woman who, while remaining a layperson, shaved her head and entered the Buddhist priesthood. The wife of a nun. ※Ichi-ippai-mon (c. 1212) "Even if I am able to study the teachings of the age, I will remain a fool who knows nothing and will join the ignorant friends of nuns and not behave like a wise person."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 在家のまま髪を剃って仏門に入った女性。尼女房。※一枚起請文(1212頃)「たとひ一代の法を能々学すとも、一文不知の愚どんの身になして、尼入道の無知のともがらに同して、智者のふるまひをせずして」

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