{{Short description|Buddhist concept of "compounded phenomenona"}} {{Buddhist term |title={{IAST|Sankhata}} |en=conditioned, fabricated, compounded |sa=संस्कृत ({{IAST|Saṃskṛta}}) |zh=有為 |zh-Latn=yǒu wéi |ja=有為 |ja-Latn=ui |ko=유위 |ko-Latn=yuwi |bo=འདུས་བྱས |bo-Latn='dus byas |vi= hữu vi }} '''Saṅkhata''' (Sanskrit: '''Saṃskṛta''' संस्कृत) refers to any phenomena conditioned by other phenomena<ref name=Dictionary>{{Cite book |first=Nyanatiloka |last=Mahathera |title=Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |year=1980 |isbn=9552400198 |edition=4th |location=Sri Lanka}}</ref> produced through causes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buswell |first=Robert E. |title=The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism |last2=Lopez |first2=Donald Sewell |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-15786-3 |location=Princeton (N.J.)}}</ref> '''Sankhata''' is contrasted with '''Asankhata''',<ref name=Dictionary /> which means Unconditioned (that which is of its own without any dependence on conditioned phenomena) referring to Nibbana.
It also denotes mental '''creations''' in the Pali language. As explained by the dependent origination concept (see:Twelve Nidanas), sankhatas condition the consciousness (vijnana) and are conditioned by ignorance (avidyā). Sankhatas are part of the '''name and form''' (see: Namarupa) and so are one of the five aggregates (see: skandhas).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
==Creations list== Sankhatas can be either pernicious, neutral or positive - associated with similar consciousness.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
==See also== * Sankhara * Twelve Nidanas * Anicca * Five Skandhas
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Category:Buddhist philosophical concepts