Bāhira (adj.) [fr. bahi, as Sk. bāhya fr. bahis, cp. also bāhiya] 1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside), outer, foreign D ii.75; A iv.16; Dh 394 (fig. in meaning of 2); J i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); 337 (out of office, out of favour, of ministers); vi.384 (bāhiraŋ karoti to turn out, turn inside out); Pv iv.11(nagarassa b.); Miln 281 (˚abbhantara dhana); VvA 68 (˚kittibhāva fact of becoming known outside). -- santara˚ (adj.) [=sa -- antara] including the inward & outward parts D i.74; A iii.25; Th 1, 172; J i.125. -- 2. external to the individual, objective (opp. ajjhattika subjective) M iii.274 (cha āyatanā); J iv.402 (˚vatthuŋ ayācitvā ajjhattikassa nāmaŋ gaṇhāti); Dhs 674 (cp. trsl. p. 207); Vbh 13; Miln 215; Vism 450. -- 3. heretical, outsider in religious sense, non -- Buddhist, freq. applied to the Brahmanic religion & their practice (samaya) Kvu 251 (+puthujjana -- pakkhe ṭhita); DhA iii.378 (=mana, i. e. Bhagavato sāsanato bahiddhā). -- Cases as adv. bāhirato from outside, from a foreign country J i.121; bāhire outside (the Buddhist order) Dh 254.

 -- assāda finding his enjoyment in outward things A i.280 (Kern, Toev. s. v. suggests "inclined towards heretic views"). -- āsa one whose wishes are directed outwards, whose desires are turned to things external Th 1, 634. -- kathā non -- religious discourse, profane story Miln 24 (applied to the introductory chapter, thus "outside story" may be translated). -- tittha doctrine of outsiders J iii.473. -- dāna gift of externals, gift of property as opposed to gift of the person J iv.401; vi.486; Dāvs iii.33. -- pabbajjā the ascetic life outside the community of the Buddha; Brahmanic saintly life (thus equal to isi -- pabbajjā. cp. bāhiraka˚). J iii.352; iv.305. -- bhaṇḍa property, material things, objects J iv.401. -- mantā ritualistic texts (or charms) of religions other than the Buddha's J iii.27. -- rakkhā protection of external means S i.73. -- lomi with the fleece outside (of a rug) Vin ii.108. -- samaya doctrine of the outsiders, i. e. Brahmins DhA iii.392.