Kalpanapodha Buddhist Perception – UGC NET Question

Kalpanāpoḍha pratyakṣa, literally “perception devoid of conceptual construction,” is described by Buddhist epistemologists as a pure, non conceptual awareness of particulars before naming and classification. It excludes imaginative overlays, universal concepts and linguistic structures, forming the basis on which later conceptual cognition is built.

Option A:
Option A correctly expresses kalpanāpoḍha as perception purified of conceptual construction, focusing on raw, pre linguistic awareness of particulars.

Option B:
Option B reverses the idea by making this type of perception depend entirely on language; Buddhists explicitly contrast kalpanāpoḍha with linguistically shaped conceptual cognition.

Option C:
Option C restricts it to dream states, whereas the theory primarily concerns ordinary sensory perception in its non conceptual phase.

Option D:
Option D claims it apprehends only universals, while the Buddhist view is that perception grasps particulars and universals belong to the realm of conceptual thought (vikalpa).