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## Appendix
**Ascending and Descending Order**
"Ascending and Descending". Ascending order means increasing from bottom to top, and descending order means decreasing from top to bottom. Ascending order is called (In Serial Order) and descending order is called (In the Upward Order).
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In the first study of the first category of *Anuttaraupapatikadasha*, the *Devalok* related *upapat* (Rebirth) description of the ten princes is given, which is as follows:
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Jali, Mayali, Upajali, Purusha-sena and Varishena were born in Vijay, Vaijayant, Jayant, Aparajit and Sarvarthasiddha respectively in ascending order.
Dirghadant was born in Sarvarthasiddha.
The remaining four were born in descending order, such as Lashtdant in Aparajit, Behall in Jayant, Vehayas in Vaijayant, and Abhay in Vijay.
The remaining descriptions related to the ten princes should be understood as similar to the description of Jalikumara mentioned in the first study.
Lashtdant
• This name has already been mentioned in the first category. There, the mother is Dharini and the father is Shrenik, and the *upapat* is mentioned in the Jayant Vimana. In the second category, the name Lashtdant is also mentioned, and there too, the mother is Dharini and the father is Shrenik, and the *upapat* is mentioned in the Vaijayant Vimana. The question arises, is this Lashtdant the name of the same person or different people? If it is the name of one person, it cannot be consistent in any way. One person cannot have different *upapats*, and the number should be 23, combining 10 from the first category and 13 from this category. How can this be possible if it is one person? The author of "Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira", archaeologist Acharya Kalyanvijayji, has written on page 93 of his aforementioned book in the chapter on the life of the Tirthankara - "Shrenik's aforementioned declaration had a great and beautiful effect. In addition to other citizens, Jalikumara, Mayali, Upajali, Purusha-sena, Varishena, Dirghadant, Lashtdant, Behall, Vehayas, Abhay, Dirghasean, Maha-sena, Lashtdant, Gudhadant, Shuddhadant, Hall, Drum, Drum-sena, Maha-drum-sena, Singh, Singh-sena, Maha-singh-sena and Purn-sena - these twenty-three sons of Shrenik and Nanda, Nandamati, Nandottra, Nand-seniya, Maruya, Sumaruta, Maha-maruta, Marudeva, Bhadra, Subhadra, Sujata, Sumana and Bhootdatta, the thirteen queens of Shrenik, took initiation and entered the Shraman Sangha of Bhagwan Mahavira." Thus, the name Lashtdant appearing in different places cannot be of one person, but of different people, only then can the mention in the sutras be consistent.
In this regard, the consistency that has been found after thinking seriously is as follows:
Prakrit words can have different pronunciations in Sanskrit: for example, the Sanskrit transformation of 'kay' is Kaj, Kach, Krit. 'Kai' is Kapi, Kavi. 'Punna' is Puny or Purn. Similarly, it is not inconsistent for the word 'Lashtdant' to have different pronunciations. For example, Lashtdant and Rashtradant. Lashtdant means - one who has beautiful teeth. Another pronunciation