Bahyanumeya-vada
Bahyanumeya-vada
(Skr.) A Hinayana Buddhist theory (vada), otherwise known as Sautran-tika, based upon a realist epistemology. It assumes the reality and independence of mind and object, which atter is inferred (anumeya) as being outside (bahya) consciousness and apprehended only when the sensory apparatus functions and certain physical conditions are fulfilled. — K.F.L.