Sankhata, aka: Saṅkhata, Saṅkhāta; 4 Definition(s)
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
the: sankhata (“created”).
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesthe 'formed', i.e. anything originated or conditioned, comprises all phenomena of existence. Cf. sankhāra I, 4; asankhata.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and DoctrinesTheravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Pali
saṅkhata : (pp. of saṅkharoti) conditioned; prepared; produced by a cause. || saṅkhāta (pp. of ?), agreed on; reckoned. (in cpds.) so-called; named.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English DictionarySaṅkhāta, (pp. of saṅkhāyati) agreed on, reckoned; (-°) so-called, named D. I, 163 (akusala° dhammā); III, 65, 133=Vin. III, 46 (theyya° what is called theft); DA. I, 313 (the sambodhi, by which is meant that of the three higher stages); DhsA. 378 (khandha-ttaya° kāya, cp. Expos. II. 485); PvA. 40 (medha° paññā), 56 (hattha° pāṇi), 131 (pariccāga° atidāna), 163 (caraṇa° guṇa).
—dhamma one who has examined or recognized the dhamma (“they who have mastered well the truth of things” K. S. II. 36), an Ep. of the arahant S. II, 47; IV, 210; Sn. 70 (°dhammo, with expln Nd2 618b: “vuccati ñāṇaṃ” etc.; “saṅkhāta-dh. =ñāta-dhammo, ” of the paccekabuddha), 1038 (°dhammā=vuccanti arahanto khīṇāsavā Nd2 618a), Dh. 70 (T. saṅkhata°, but DhA. II, 63 saṅkhāta°). (Page 664)
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Saṅkhata, (pp. of saṅkharoti; Sk. saṃskṛta) 1. put together, compound; conditioned, produced by a combination of causes, “created, ” brought about as effect of actions in former births S. II, 26; III, 56; Vin. II, 284; It. 37, 88; J. II, 38; Nett 14; Dhs. 1085; DhsA. 47. As nt. that which is produced from a cause, i.e. the saṅkhāras S. I, 112; A. I, 83, 152; Nett 22. asaṅkhata not put together, not proceeding from a cause Dhs. 983 (so read for saṅkhata), 1086; Ep. of nibbāna “the Unconditioned” (& therefore unproductive of further life) A. I, 152; S. IV, 359 sq.; Kvu 317 sq.; Pv III, 710 (=laddhanāma amataṃ PvA. 207); Miln. 270; Dhs. 583 (see trsln ibid.), 1439. The discernment of higher jhāna- states as saṅkhata is a preliminary to the attainment of Arahantship M. III, 244. Cp. abhi°; visaṅkhita; visaṅkhāra.—2. cooked, dressed Mhvs 32, 39.—3. embellished Mhvs 22, 29.
—lakkhaṇa properties of the saṅkhata, i.e. production, decay and change A. I, 152; VvA. 29. (Page 664)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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