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**Gaya 160.163**
**Gatimayana/227**
**Question:** How many Vaanavyantaradevas are there in terms of Dravya Pramaan?
**Answer:** The number of Vaanavyantaradevas is countless in terms of Dravya Pramaan.
**Question:** What is the number of Vaanavyantaradevas in relation to the Kshetra?
**Answer:** The number of Vaanavyantaradevas in relation to the Kshetra is obtained by dividing the Jagatpratar by the square of one hundred yojanas.
**Note:** "One hundred yojanas" refers to the number obtained by squaring the angulas of three hundred yojanas, which is (53084160000000000).
**Question:** How many Vaanavyantaradevas are there in relation to time?
**Answer:** The number of Vaanavyantaradevas in relation to time is countless, as they are destroyed by the countless number of Avasarpini and Utsarpini cycles.
**Note:** If the lifespan of a Tiryanchi is the square of six hundred yojanas multiplied by the appropriate number, then the lifespan of a Vaanavyantaradeva could be the square of three hundred yojanas multiplied by the appropriate number. If the lifespan of a Panchendriya Tiryanchi is the square of six hundred yojanas (Ma. 156), then the lifespan of a Vaanavyantaradeva should be the number of squares of three hundred yojanas, otherwise it would contradict the principle of "Alpबहुत्व". The number of Vaanavyantaradevas is obtained by dividing the Jagatpratar by the lifespan mentioned above.
**Question:** What is the number of Jyotishis in relation to the Dravyathikanaya?
**Answer:** The number of Jyotishis in relation to the Dravyathikanaya is the same as the number of general Devas, which is the Jagatpratar divided by the square of 256 Suchi Angulas. However, there is a difference in relation to the Paryayathikanaya. The Vaanavyantaradevas and other Devas are a fraction of the Jyotishis. When the number of general Devas is divided by this fraction, a number is obtained. This number is then thinned out, and the general Devas are divided into equal parts. For each part of the thinned-out number, there is a number of Vaanavyantaradevas and other Devas. When this number is subtracted from the general Devas, the number of Jyotishis is obtained.
**Note:** By dividing the lifespan of a Deva by one less than the lower thinning, a fraction of the number of Pratarangalas is obtained. This fraction is added to the lifespan of the Deva to obtain the lifespan of a Jyotishi.
**As mentioned earlier, the number of Jyotishis is the Jagatpratar divided by the square of 256 Suchi Angulas.**
**References:**
1. P.P. 7, p. 262-63, Sutra 40-41.
2. P.P. 7, p. 263, Sutra 43.
3. "संवेज्जोयगणेत्ति वुत्ते तिपिणजोयणसय मंगुलं काऊरण पग्गिदे जो उप्पज्जदि ससी सो घेत्तम्वो" (P.P. 3, p. 273, Sutra 63 commentary).
4. D.P. 7, p. 263, Sutra 42.
5. "बाररावेंतरदेवा संखेजगुरा" (D.P. 7, p. 585, Sutra 40).
6. C.P. 3, p. 273-74.
7. "जोइसियदेवा देवगईणं मंगो" [D.P. 3, p. 275, Sutra 65].
8. D.P. 3, p. 275-76, Sutra 65 commentary.
9. P.P. 3, p. 276, Sutra 65 commentary.