Are the meaning of sankhara in dependent origination and five aggregates the same?

[Adutiya]

This essay by Ven. Sujato might clear up some things for you:

Book of Analysis, the sense bases (Vb2): translator's introduction

By Waltham St. Lawrence (2) Analysis Of The Bases (Āyatanavibhaṅga).What are bases? A base is that which, while in itself deriving from the four great essentials, possesses the special attribute of acting as a support, a foundation, a basis, a requisite condition for [xxvii] the unique quality or element (dhātu) characteristic of that particular grouping of the four great essentials. Bases are of two kinds. (a) Those bases which, acting as a support for elements of consciousness, possess the…

In that essay’s discussion:

@sujato

The suttas do not use the word “object” at all. The whole point of the word “object” is that it signifies things that exist “objectively” relative to the observer. But a “sight” for example, does not: a specific sight is only seen by that observer in that moment, never before or after. Even if another person sees the same “thing” i.e. the same “object”, the “sight” they have is different.

In Buddhism, sense experience is always relational. Visual perception arises with the eye, a stimulus for the eye, and eye consciousness. These things exist in relation with each oher. Eg. if you move the position of the eye, the “sight” will also change.

For these reasons, it is always best to avoid the word “object” in early Buddhism (unless talking about material objects, etc.)