That aggregate of the Karma-pudgala (material cluster qua Karma), which becomes the cause of the Pradeśabandha (bondage of Karmic mass) of the Jñānāvaraṇa (knowledge-covering) Karma and the like in accordance with its nomenclature (i.e., its functioning).
nāmapratyayaḥ karmaiṣāmiti nāmapratyayāḥ nāmnaiva pratyāyyante yādṛśāḥ pudgalaḥ pradeśabandhasya kāraṇībhavanti.
(TaBhā 8.25 Vṛ)