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## Question 117: What are the characteristics of the Manastambha located in the heavens?
## Answer:
In front of the assembly hall of the Indras, there is a vajra-made Manastambha, one yojana wide, thirty-six yojanas high, and with a pedestal. Its shape is round, with a diameter of one yojana. It has twelve streams, each one kos wide. The karandas established on the Manastambha in the Saudharma Kalpa are for the Tirthankaras of the Bharat Kshetra. The karandas established on the Padan in the Aishana Kalpa are for the Tirthankaras of the Airavat Kshetra. The karandas established on the Manastambha in the Sanatkumar and Mahendra Kalpas are for the Tirthankaras of the Purva Videha Kshetra and the Paschim Videha Kshetra respectively. All these karandas are established and worshipped by the Devas.
## Question 118: Where is the place of origin of Indra and other Devas and Devanganas?
## Answer:
Near the Manastambha, Indra's Uppaad Griha is eight yojanas long, wide, and high. In the middle of it are two beds of jewels. All the Devanganas of the Dakshin Kalpas up to the Aran Svarga are born in the Saudharma Kalpa, and all the Devanganas of the Uttar Kalpas up to the Achyut Svarga are born in the Aishana Kalpa. After their birth, the Devas of the upper Kalpas take their respective Niyogini Devanganas with them.