The Compendium of Caraka 4.4.8

4.4.8

tatra pūrvaṃ cetanādhātuḥ sattvakaraṇo guṇagrahaṇāya pravartate; sa hi hetuḥ kāranaṃ nimittamakṣaraṃ kartā mantā veditā boddhā draṣṭā dhātā brahmā viśvakarmā viśvarūpaḥ puruṣaḥ prabhavo 'avyayo nityo guṇī grahaṇaṃ pradhānamavyaktaṃ jīvo jñaḥ pudgalaścetanāvān vibhurbhūtātmā cendriyātmā cāntarātmā ceti/

There, the consciousness-constituent, having the mind as its instrument, first initiates the apprehension of qualities; for it is the cause, the source, the instrumental cause, the imperishable, the agent, the thinker, the experiencer, the knower, the seer, the supporter, Brahmā, Viśvakarman, of universal form, the person, the origin, the unalterable, the eternal, the possessor of qualities, the grasping, the primary nature, the unmanifest, the living entity, the knower, the individual person, the conscious, the pervasive, the individual self, the sensory self, and the inner self.