.  acinteyyo wrote:It would be better to say kamma and volition are fabricated/constructed/determined and they are fabrications or fabricators (Ven. Nanavira used the word "determinations") because they fabricate/determine other phenomena as well.""sankhata" is an adjective meaning something like "fabricated", "constructed", "determined" or "conditioned". I've also heard "conconcted". "sankhara" is a noun meaning something like "fabrication", "construction", "determination" or "condition". 