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In the Tattvartha Sutra, it is stated that above the height of the fourteen lokas, there is Mercury, three yojanas above Mercury is Venus, three yojanas above Venus is Jupiter, three yojanas above Jupiter is Mars, and three yojanas above Mars is Saturn. The irregularly moving stars, when they move below the sun, traverse a space below the sun equivalent to ten ajanas in the celestial realm. The sun, due to residing in the astrological luminous aircraft, is called the starting Tishka. All of them possess a bright halo similar to the circle of the sun, with the sun having a sign like that of the solar circle, the moon having a sign like the lunar circle, and the stars having a sign like that of the stellar circle. [13]
2. As previously mentioned, the human realm extends up to the mountain called Manushottara. The Tishka that exists among the humans continuously traverses, encircling around Meru. In the human realm, the total count of the sun and moon is one hundred thirty-three. For instance, in the Jambudvipa, there are two, in the salt ocean four, in the Dhātakikhanda twelve, in the Kalodadhi forty-two, and in Pushkar, there are more than two suns and moons. Each moon has a family of eighty-eight constellations, placed with the twelve planets and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred fifty-six stars. Tishka, by nature of its limit, continuously moves in its fatherly form; however, in order to display exceptional prosperity and due to the arising of the role known as the celestial attendant, some playful deities carry this aircraft around.