Pāli Dictionary

asaṅkhāra

naprefixsaṃprefixkarrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kar7to do; to make

Antonyms

saṅkhāra, sasaṅkhāra

doctrine

  • not conditioned; unconditioned; without a formative/volitional factor

  • SN 22.85

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, āvuso yamaka, ayaṃ so arūpī… avedano… asaññī… asaṅkhāro… aviññāṇo tathāgato'ti samanupassasī'ti? no h'etaṃ, āvuso.

mind

  • unprompted; arising spontaneously without external instigation or exertion (of consciousness, in Abhidhamma)

  • SN 48.40

    so evaṃ pajānāti, uppannaṃ kho me idaṃ domanass'indriyaṃ, tañ'ca kho sanimittaṃ sanidānaṃ sasaṅkhāraṃ sappaccayaṃ. tañ'ca animittaṃ anidānaṃ asaṅkhāraṃ appaccayaṃ domanass'indriyaṃ uppajjissatī'ti, n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.

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