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The Karmagrantha asks for the number of Vaimanika Devas. This can be understood through calculation. There are 256 Vashas, and dividing the total number of Kalpita (10240000000000) by 256 gives 156250000. This is the number of Vaimanika Devas, as understood by the Jyotishis.
The number of Vaimanika Devas is countless. This can be understood as follows: The number of Vaimanika Devas is equal to the number of entrances in the Suchi श्रेणियों, which is equal to the cube root of the number of entrances in the sky, which is equal to the number of entrances in the sky multiplied by itself three times.
For example, there are 256 entrances in the sky. The cube root of 256 is 22. The number of entrances in the Suchi श्रेणियों is 2560000, as each Suchi श्रेणी has 3200000 entrances. This is the number of Vaimanika Devas.
The number of Bhavnapati, Dhyantar Jyotishis, and Vaimanika Devas combined is countless times greater than the number of Narakas.
The number of Tiryanchas is countless times greater than the number of Devas because there are countless numbers of Anamskaayik Vanaspati Jivas, which are also Tiryanchas. This is because Vanaspati Jivas experience the Karma of Tiryanchagati.
**Note:** The terms "Vashas," "Kalpita," "Suchi श्रेणियों," "Bhavnapati," "Dhyantar Jyotishis," "Vaimanika Devas," "Narakas," "Tiryanchas," "Anamskaayik Vanaspati Jivas," and "Tiryanchagati" are all Jain terms.