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'''Formations''' (Skt. ''saṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''‘du byed''), in [[Abhidharma]], are the fourth of the [[five skandhas]].
'''Formations''' (Skt. ''saṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''‘du byed'') the fourth of the [[five skandhas]].


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
Formations are divided into:
In [[Abhidharma]], formations are divided into:
*[[concurrent formations|concurrent]] and  
*[[concurrent formations|concurrent]] and  
*[[non-concurrent formations]].
*[[non-concurrent formations]].

Revision as of 15:01, 6 January 2019

Formations (Skt. saṃskāra; Tib. འདུ་བྱེད་, Wyl. ‘du byed) — the fourth of the five skandhas.

Subdivisions

In Abhidharma, formations are divided into:

Alternative translations

  • Conditioning factors
  • Mentation / mental activities (Peter Alan Roberts)