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[98] [Prajñāpanā Sūtra [906 v.] Gautama! (Their) four bodies are said. They are as follows: Audārika, Vaikriya, Taijasa and Kārmaṇa bodies / 907. And in the same way, one should understand about the bodies of the Pancendriya-tiryañcaya-yonikas / 608. Bhante! How many bodies are said for humans? Gautama! Five bodies are said for humans. They are as follows: Praudārika, Vaikriya, Pāhārak, Taijasa and Kārmaṇa / 606. The bodies of the Vāṇavyantara, Jyotiṣka and Vaimānika should be described like those of the Nāraka (according to Sūtra 902). Discussion: In the twenty-four Daṇḍaka-varti Jivas, from the Nairyika to the Vaimānika, how many bodies are found in each of the twenty-four Daṇḍakas? This description is presented in these eight Sūtras. The bound and liberated bodies of the five bodies are described in 610. [1] Bhante! How many Audārika bodies are said? Gautama! (They) are said to be of two types, namely: bound and liberated / Of those which are bound (taken by the Jiva), they are countless, from time - they are taken away by countless Utsarpiṇīs-Avasarpiṇīs (time cycles) / From the field - they are countless-world-measure. Of those which are liberated (left behind by the Jiva), they are infinite. From time, they are taken away by infinite Utsarpiṇīs-Avasarpiṇīs / From the field, they are infinite-world-measure / In terms of substance, the liberated Audārika body is infinite times greater than the Abhavasiiddhika (Abhavya) Jivas and is an infinite part of the Siddhas / [2] Bhante! How many Vaikriya bodies are said? Gautama! (They) are said to be of two types, namely: bound and liberated / Of those which are bound, they are countless, from time - they are taken away by countless Utsarpiṇīs-Avasarpiṇīs / From the field - they are countless-world-measure.