Savikalpa determinate cognition – UGC NET Question

Savikalpa pratyaksha is determinate perception that structures experience into an object qualified by properties, universals and relations. It enables us to make judgments such as "this is a blue pot" rather than having a vague awareness. For Nyaya, this stage is crucial for ordinary knowledge and communication. Thus the perception described in the stem is savikalpa pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, nirvikalpa, lacks explicit conceptual articulation and therefore cannot by itself support judgments that recognise class or name. It contrasts with the determinate character mentioned in the stem.

Option B:
Option B is correct because savikalpa literally means "with differentiations" and signifies that the object is presented along with distinguishing marks and universals. This fits the example of recognising something as a pot.

Option C:
Option C, yogaja, is yogic perception and concerns its extraordinary origin rather than the presence or absence of conceptual determinations in ordinary sense perception.

Option D:
Option D, samanyalaksana, is a type of extraordinary perception that apprehends universals specifically and is not the generic category for determinate awareness of individuals in everyday life.