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{{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 [[Pāli|Pali]] language. As explained by the [[dependent origination]] concept (see:[[Twelve Nidanas]]), sankhatas condition the [[consciousness]] ([[vijnana]]) and are conditioned by [[ignorance]] ([[avidya (Buddhism)|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]]
==References==
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