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174. Question: What is the number of beings in the path of knowledge? Answer: The number of Matijnanis or Shrutijnanis in the path of knowledge is an immeasurable fraction of a Palya. Manahparyayajnanis are countable. The number of Kevaljnanis is slightly more than Siddharashi. The number of Tiryanch Matijnanis without Avadhijnana is an immeasurable fraction of a Palya. Humans without Avadhijnana are countable. And subtracting both these quantities from the number of Matijnanis, the remainder is the number of Avadhijnanis. 175. Question: What is Kumati, Kushruta and Kuavadhishana? Answer: The Mati, Shruta and Avadhijnana of Mithyadrishti beings are called Kumati, Kushruta and Kuavadhishana respectively. 176. Question: Which knowledge belongs to which Gunasthan? Answer: Kumati, Kushruta and Kuavadhishana are present in the first and second Gunasthan. In the third Gunasthan, there is mixed knowledge. Mati, Shruta and Avadhijnana are present from the fourth to the twelfth Gunasthan; Manahparyayajnana is present from the sixth to the twelfth Gunasthan. Kevaljnana is present in the thirteenth and fourteenth Gunasthan.