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It has been done and is situated in the forefront of the Siddha Loka. Here it must be remembered that when a Chham-sth man performs Samudghāt, he touches an innumerable part of the Loka, and when a Kevali performs Samudghāt, he touches the entire Loka. When the Prātm-pradesh of a man expands throughout the entire Loka, at that time his Prātmā becomes Loka-vyāpt. The question is why the location of the Ajīva has not been considered? It seems that just as we can imagine a definite location for the different types of Jīvas, we cannot do so in relation to the Pudgala. / Atoms and Skandhas are in the entire Loka-ākāśa, but their location is not definite. Dharma-āstikāya and Adharma-āstikāya are both all-pervasive, so they are not discussed here. From the point of view of number, the third chapter considers the Jīva and Ajīva elements from the point of view of number. The consideration of the number of elements was an important topic during the time of Bhagavān Mahāvīra and even after that. On the one hand, according to the Upanishads, the entire universe is the result of a single element, while on the other hand, according to the Sānkhya, there are many Jīvas but only one Ajīva. The Buddhists believe in many minds and many forms. From this point of view, an explanation of the Jain view was necessary. It is done here. Other philosophies only describe the number, while this chapter considers the number from many perspectives. The main focus is on the gradation, i.e., who is less or more than whom, which is discussed in this chapter. First, from the perspective of direction, which direction has more Jīvas and which direction has fewer, similarly, the difference in the number of Jīvas is also considered from the perspective of direction. Similarly, the number of Jīvas is considered in terms of their different types based on their motion, senses, body, yoga, etc., and finally, the number of all the different types of Jīvas is indicated. This not only includes the Jīvas but also the relative number of the six substances, including Dharma-āstikāya, etc. That gradation is explained from the perspective of substance and space. Initially, the number is considered mainly in terms of direction, and later, the number of different types of Jīvas is considered from the perspective of the upper, lower, and horizontal Lokas. Like Jīvas, the number of Pudgalas is also explained in terms of their abundance or scarcity in those directions and in those Lokas. Apart from this, the number of atoms and their number is also considered from both the perspective of substance, space, and substance-space. After that, the number is also explained from the perspective of the understanding of Pudgalas, their temporal existence, and their cycles. This chapter classifies Jīvas in many ways and considers their abundance or scarcity. This list of numbers shows that the efforts made by the Āchāryas in that time to explain the gradation (abundance or scarcity) of the number of Jīvas is commendable. It is stated that the number of women is considered to be more than that of men, whether they are human beings, gods, or Tiryach. In the lower Loka, in the Narakas, the number of Jīvas decreases from the first to the seventh Naraka, i.e., there are the fewest Naraka Jīvas in the seventh Naraka, which is the lowest. The opposite order is 121. Dravya-sangraha Tīkā, Brahmadevakṛta, 10 [37]