Alaukika perception type – UGC NET Question

Alaukika pratyaksha covers modes of perception that transcend ordinary sense contact, including samanyalaksana, jnanalaksana and yogaja forms. These deal with universals, previous cognitions and yogic insights respectively. Nyaya introduces this class to account for special kinds of awareness that cannot be reduced to straightforward sensory operations. Therefore the extraordinary perception mentioned in the stem is alaukika pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, laukika, refers to ordinary empirical perception through the external senses and does not include yogic or subtle perceptions.

Option B:
Option B, savikalpa, is determinate perception, which can be either ordinary or extraordinary and is not itself the category of extraordinary perception.

Option C:
Option C, nirvikalpa, is indeterminate awareness, again compatible with either ordinary or extraordinary modes, but not equivalent to them as a class.

Option D:
Option D is correct because alaukika literally means “non-worldly” and is used specifically to group special perceptions beyond everyday experiences.