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## 68] [The Sutra of the Approach of Souls and the Sutra of the Liberation of Souls / If there is no obstruction or hindrance, the reception of the six directions of pudgalas takes place, and if there is obstruction or hindrance, then sometimes the reception of the pudgalas of three directions, sometimes four directions, and sometimes five directions takes place / These souls are not born in the Deva-Gati, Manushya-Gati, and Naraka-Gati. Their duration is from the most inferior to an instant and from the most superior to three thousand years. The rest is as before / O Venerable Shraman! They have been called as having one motion, two motions, each having a body, and innumerable. This is the statement of the dense air-body and the air-body. The discussion is that the souls whose body is air are called air-bodied / These are of two types: subtle and dense / The subtle air-bodied should be known like the subtle luminous-bodied described earlier / The difference is that the body of the air-bodied is in the shape of a flag (Dhwaja). The dense air-bodied souls have been said to be of many types. The types mentioned in the Prajnapanasutra should be mentioned here / There, their types are described as follows: Purvavat - the wind coming from the east direction / Paschimavat - the wind coming from the west direction / Dakshinavat - the wind coming from the south direction / Udicinavat - the wind coming from the north direction. Urdhvaavat - the wind blowing in the upward direction / Adhoavat - the wind blowing in the downward direction / Tiryaagvat - the wind blowing in the diagonal direction / Vidishavat - the wind coming from the Vidishas / Vato-bhram - the wind blowing in irregular directions / Vato-tkarika - the stormy wind blowing as fast as the sea / Vat-mandalika - the circular wind, the whirlwind / Utkalika-vat - the wind mixed with strong gusts / Mandalika-vat - the wind starting from circular winds and mixed with strong gusts / Gunjavat - the roaring wind. Jhanjavat - the storm or the inauspicious and harsh wind that blows with rain / Samvartak-vat - the wind that carries away straws, etc., or the wind that blows during the time of destruction / Dhanavat - the dense, solid air that remains below the earth, etc., with the brilliance of gems / Tanuvat - the thin air that remains below the Dhanavat. Shuddhavat - the gentle wind or the wind filled with mosquitoes, etc. / Besides these, there are other winds of this type which are dense air-bodied. These dense air-bodied souls are of two types - sufficient and insufficient / The color, etc., of the bodies of the insufficient souls are not fully manifested, therefore, their distinctions are not made on the basis of specific color, etc. The sufficient souls have their color, etc., manifested, therefore, their distinctions are made on the basis of specific color, etc.