（sam!ska^ra-skandha）; The 'aggregate of impulse （patterning）.' One of the five aggregates is will， intention， habituation. The mental function that accounts for impulsive craving. The gathering of the powers of formation potential. It is also understood as the general mental functions outside of feeling and perception. The collection of mentally conditioned elements. The gathering of phenomenal and temporal existence according to the production of causes and conditions. In Abhidharmako/sa theory this skandha encompasses all things outside the other four skandhas; namely， among the 46 mental function elements， the 44 （excluding the two mental functions of feeling and perception） plus the fourteen elements not concomitant with mind， which totals fifty-eight. In Consciousness-only theory， included in this skandha are forty-nine of the mental function elements （excluding feeling and perception） plus the twenty-four elements not concomitant with mind， totaling seventy-three.