The Compendium of Caraka 4.4.8_1

4.4.8_1

sa guṇopādānakāle 'antarikṣaṃ pūrvamanyebhyo guṇebhya upādatte, yathā-pralayātyaye sisṛkṣurbhūtānyakṣarabhūta ātmā sattvopādānaḥ pūrvataramākāśaṃ sṛjati, tataḥ krameṇa vyaktataraguṇān dhātūn vāyvādikāṃścaturaḥ; tathā dehagrahaṇe 'api pravartamānaḥ pūrvataramākāśamevopādatte, tataḥ krameṇa vyaktataraguṇān dhātūn vāyvādikāṃścaturaḥ/

At the time of taking up qualities, it takes up space prior to the other qualities. Just as at the end of dissolution the imperishable self, desiring to create entities and having mind as its instrument, creates ether earlier, and then successively the four constituents—wind and the others—which possess more manifest qualities; so also, proceeding in the assumption of a body, it takes up space earlier, and then successively the four constituents—wind and the others—which possess more manifest qualities.