Laukika perception type – UGC NET Question

Laukika pratyaksha encompasses everyday perceptions generated by the normal interaction of the five senses with external objects. It includes seeing colour, hearing sound and similar experiences within the empirical world. Nyaya contrasts this with extraordinary forms of perception that go beyond ordinary sense operation. Thus the ordinary perception described in the stem is laukika pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, alaukika, labels extraordinary perception that involves unusual modes of contact or yogic powers, not the routine functioning of the senses.

Option B:
Option B, samanyalaksana, is a subtype of alaukika perception focusing on universals rather than on ordinary sense objects.

Option C:
Option C is correct because laukika literally means “worldly” and captures the common sensory experiences shared by all persons. It is the basic class of perception in Nyaya.

Option D:
Option D, yogaja, is yogic perception arising from intense meditative discipline, which is explicitly extraordinary.