Savikalpa determinate perception – UGC NET Question

Savikalpa pratyaksha is determinate perception in which the object is apprehended together with qualifying properties, universals and relations. It allows us to make informative judgments, such as identifying something as a blue pot. Nyaya regards this stage as central for everyday knowledge and linguistic communication. Hence the perception described in the stem is savikalpa pratyaksha.

Option A:
Option A, nirvikalpa, lacks explicit conceptual articulation and therefore cannot directly support judgments that classify an object under a specific name or universal. It contradicts the determinate character mentioned.

Option B:
Option B is correct because savikalpa literally means "with differentiations" and captures the structured awareness that includes both subject and predicates. It is the fully articulated cognitive state presupposed in most ordinary assertions.

Option C:
Option C, yogaja, is a kind of extraordinary perception arising from yogic discipline and is defined by its origin rather than by the presence of universals and relations in the presented content.

Option D:
Option D, samanyalaksana, is a special extraordinary perception of universals through instances and does not denote the general form of determinate sense perception in daily life.