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Q.IV.13.6
What is the distance maintained by stellar celestial vehicles when they move around Meru? They maintain a distance of eleven hundred and twenty one yojana from Meru.
A.IV.13.6
Q.IV.13.7 A.IV.13.7
What is the number of suns, moons, and planets in Jamb dv pa? There are two suns, two moons, one hundred seventy six planets and fifty six constellations in Jamb dv pa.
Q.IV.13.8 A.IV.13.8
What is the number of suns, moons, and planets in Lavana Ocean? There are four suns, four moons, three hundred fifty two planets and one hundred twelve constellations in the Lavana Ocean.
Q.IV.13.9 A.IV.13.9
What is the number of suns, moons, and planets in the Dh tak khanda? There are twelve suns, twelve moons, one thousand fifty six planets and three hundred thirty six constellations in Dh tak khanda.
Q.IV.13.10
A.IV.13.10
What is the number of suns, moons, and planets in the K lodadhi Ocean? There are forty-two suns, forty two moons, three thousand six hundred ninety six planets and one thousand one hundred seventy six constellations in the K lodadhi Ocean.
Q.IV.13.11
A.IV.13.11
What is the number of suns, moons, and planets in the Puşkar rdha dv pa?
There are seventy-two suns, seventy two moons, six thousand three hundred thirty six planets and two thousand and sixteen constellations in the Puşkar rdha dv pa.
Q.IV.13.12 What is the family size of the moon? A.IV.13.12 One moon has one sun, twenty eight constellations, eighty eight planets,
and sixty thousand nine hundred (kot -kot scattered stars.
Q.IV.13.13 Who makes the vehicles of the stellar celestial beings move constantly? A.IV.13.13 It is the nature of the stellar celestial beings to roam /move. However the
celestial beings of bhiyogya sub class do support the movement of their vehicles.
Q.IV.13.14 A.IV.13.14
How much time the sun takes to complete one circle of Jamb dv pa? The sun completes one circle of Jamb dv pa in two days and nights.
Q.IV.13.15 A.IV.13.15
How many lanes are there for the sun to move? There are one hundred eighty four lanes for the sun to move around.
Q.IV.13.16
A.IV.13.16
How much time the moon takes to make one complete circle. Why is there more and less light in the moon? The moon takes slightly more than two days to make one complete circle. This time taken is the cause of more and less light in the moon. What do we learn from the movement of stellar celestial beings? We derive the practical time (vyavah ra k la) from their movement.
Q.IV.13.17 A.IV.13.17
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