savikalpaka
सविकल्पक savikalpakaDeterminate perception, the perception of an object as a thing of a certain kind ('this is a cow'), grasping the individual together with its real universal. Contrast *nirvikalpaka*.
Where this term appears
- What is Nyaya? Philosophy
…alpaka , a bare pre-verbal grasp of the thing before it is named, and savikalpaka , the determinate perception of it as a thing of a kind, "this is a cow." The point matters enormously against the Buddhists, be…