nirvikalpaka
निर्विकल्पक nirvikalpakaIndeterminate perception, the bare, pre-verbal grasp of an object before it is judged to be a thing of a kind. Contrast *savikalpaka*.
Where this term appears
- What is Nyaya? Philosophy
…ishra read the terse clauses of the definition as marking two stages: nirvikalpaka , a bare pre-verbal grasp of the thing before it is named, and savikalpaka , the determinate perception of it as a thing of a k…