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[240] The number of humans in a single region of a world inhabited by beings with a finite number of regions, as determined by the *Prajñāpanā Sūtra*, is one less than the total number of humans in that region. This number of humans is less than the number of beings in other realms, such as hell. Among these humans, those who have formed a physical body in past lives are fewer in number, and thus their number is either finite or infinite. Similarly, the future *kevalisamudghāta* of humans should be understood as either finite or infinite, according to the aforementioned logic.
There is not a single past *kevalisamudghāta* of hell beings, because it is impossible for a being who has attained *kevalisamudghāta* to be born in hell. The future *kevalisamudghāta* of hell beings is infinite, because at the time of inquiry, there are always an infinite number of hell beings who will attain *kevalisamudghāta* in the future. This is known through *kevalajñāna*.
The same logic applies to beings from other realms, such as *asurakumāra* and other *bhavanapati* (lords of realms), up to the *vaimānika* (celestial beings), excluding plants and humans. They also do not have past *kevalisamudghāta*, and their future *kevalisamudghāta* is infinite.
The past *kevalisamudghāta* of plants does not follow the aforementioned logic. Their future *kevalisamudghāta* is infinite, because there are an infinite number of plants who will become *kevali* and attain *kevalisamudghāta* in the future.
The past *kevalisamudghāta* of humans is either finite or infinite. If there is a *kevali* (liberated being) who has attained *kevalisamudghāta* and is still alive at the time of inquiry, then there are past *kevalisamudghāta*. Otherwise, there are none. If there are past *kevalisamudghāta*, they are at least one, two, or three, and at most, they are *śatapṛthaktva* (two hundred to nine hundred). The future *kevalisamudghāta* of humans is either finite or infinite.
At the time of inquiry, there are many *abhavya* (non-liberable beings) among *samucchima* (born from a womb) and *garbhaja* (born from a womb) humans, who are not capable of attaining *kevalisamudghāta* in the future. Therefore, the future *kevalisamudghāta* is finite. However, it is also possible that they are infinite, because there are many humans who will attain *kevalisamudghāta* in the future.
[2101] [1] "Venerable sir, how many *vedanāsamudghāta* (liberation from pain) are there in the past for a being?" "They are infinite." "How many *pūrekkhaḍā* (liberation from karma) are there?" "It is either there or not. If there are *pūrekkhaḍā*, they are either one, two, or three, or they are infinite, either finite or infinite, or they are *praṇata* (limited)."