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## Sixth Chapter
1. Seven hundred and ninety yojanas above the earth's surface, the lowest star is situated.
2. Nine hundred yojanas above the earth's surface, the luminous sphere is situated above all.
3. This luminous sphere is one hundred and ten yojanas thick and extends all around to the ocean of space.
4. Ten yojanas above the sphere of stars, there is the sphere of suns, and eighty yojanas above that, the sphere of moons.
5. Four yojanas above that, the sphere of constellations is situated, and four yojanas above that, the sphere of Mercury.
6. Three yojanas above that, the spheres of Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are situated respectively.
7. The sun, moon, constellations, planets, and stars are five types of celestial bodies. The gods residing in them are also of the same name and five types.
8. The moon lives for one lakh years plus one palya, the sun for one thousand years plus one palya, Venus for one hundred years plus one palya, Jupiter for half a palya, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn for half a palya, and the stars for one-fourth of a palya. These are all considered excellent lifespans. The shortest lifespan is one-eighth of a palya.
9. Sixty-one parts of a yojana are considered pure, and fifty-six of these parts are the diameter of the moon's sphere.
10. Forty-eight parts of a yojana are the diameter of the sun's sphere. The diameter of Venus is one krosa, that of Jupiter is slightly less than one krosa, and the diameter of all the remaining planets is half a krosa.
11. The diameter of the lowest star sphere is one-fourth of a krosa, the diameter of the middle star sphere is slightly more than one-fourth of a krosa, and the diameter of the highest star sphere is half a krosa.