adverbe (invariable) : ainsi (comme il a été mentionné…) / (comme suit…)
evaṃ (adv.) [Vedic evaṃ] so, thus, in this way, either re- ferring to what precedes or what follows, e. g. (1) thus (as mentioned, expld. at Vism 528 as “niddiṭṭha – nayanidassana”) D i.193 (evaṃ sante this being being so), 195 (id.); Vin ii.194 (evaṃ bhante, yes); J i.222; Pv ii.1312 vaṃ etaṃ, just so). – (2) thus (as follows) M i. 483 (evaṃ me sutaṃ “thus have I heard”). – Often combd. with similar emphatic part., as evam eva kho “in just the same way” (in final conclusions) D i.104, 199, 228, 237, 239; in older form evaṃ byā kho (= evam iva kho) Vin ii.26; iv.134 = DA i.27; evam evaṃ “just so” D i.51; Sn 1115; evaṃ kho D i.113; evam pi Sn 1134; evaṃ su D i.104; etc. etc. – diṭṭhin holding such a view M i.484. – evaṃ nāma having that name M i.429.
evam [eva] adv. ainsi ; comme cela ; de cette manière.