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This is the third chapter of the *Prajñāpanā Sūtra*, which has two names: 'Bahuvaktvyapad' and 'Alpबहुत्वपद'. *The number of *tattvas* or substances is also considered. The Upanishads, from the perspective of Vedanta, state that there is only one *tattva* in the universe - 'Brahman', and the entire universe is its 'vivat' or 'parināma'. On the other hand, the Sānkhyas believe that there are many *jīvas* but only one *ajīva*. *Buddhist philosophy believes in many 'chitta' and many 'rupa'. Jain philosophy, from the perspective of the six *dravya*, not only describes the number but also the relative difference, the *alpबहुत्व*. *In other words, which is less, which is more, which is equal, or which is superior? This has been considered from many different perspectives. *This chapter describes this. _ It considers the *alpबहुत्व* of not only *jīvas* but also of *dravya* like *dharma*, *astikāya*, etc., through twenty-seven *dvāra* from direction, motion, senses, body, yoga, etc., to *mahāḍaṇḍaka*. The classification of *padagalaastikāya* is also considered. The *Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama* considers *alpबहुत्व* through fourteen *dvāra* like motion, etc. *First (in Sūtra 213-224), the *alpबहुत्व* of *jīvas* in general, then of the five *sthāvara* like earth-body, etc., of the three *vikaleindriya*, of the *nairāyika*, of the *nairāyika* of the seven hells, of the *tiryachpañcendriya* *jīva*, of humans, of the *bhavanapati*, *vāṇavyantara*, *jyotiṣka*, and *vaimānika* gods, and also of the *siddha* is considered separately. *Then, from Sūtra 225 to 275, the *alpबहुत्व* of the four *gati* like hell, etc., of *jīva* with and without senses, of *paryāptak* and *aparyāptak*, of *ṣaṭkāyika* and *akāyika*, of *aparyāptakparyāptak*, of *paryāptak* and *aparyāptak*, of *bādar* and *sūkṣmaṣaṭkāyika*, of *sayogi*, *manoyogi*, *vacanayogi*, *kāyayogi*, and *ayogi*, of *savadaka*, *strīvedaka*, *puruṣavedaka*, *napumsakavedaka*, and *avedaka*, of *sakṣāyī*, *krodha*, etc., is considered through the twenty-third *dvāra*.