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THEIR NUMBERS. The universal line squared (Jagat Pratara) divided (respectively) by three hundred Yojanas squared and by two hundred and fifty-six fingers squared gives us the number of the Peripatetics (Vyantaras) and the Stellars (Jyotishis).
The numbers of the Residental-Celestial Souls (Bhavanavasi), and the Heavenly Souls in the Saudharma pair (the first, and the second Ishana heavens) are gained by multiplying the universal line, by the square and cubic root of one cubic finger (Ghanangula), respectively.
The number in the five pairs of heavens above them is equal to the quotient of the universal line divided, respectively, by its own eleventh, nintb, seventh, fifth and fourth square root.
The Heavenly Souls in each of the Anata and other heavens are an innumerable part of a palya.
Anata, and the heavens above it namely Pranata, Arana, Achyuta, the nine Graiveyakas, nine Anudishas, and four Anuttarag (leaving Sarvartha Siddhi),— in each of these twenty-six heavens the pumber of celestial souls is equal to an innumerable part of a palya. .
. The number of souls in Sarvartha-siddhi is (variously) declared to be, three-fold or seven-fold the number of women in the Universe).
The total number of all Celestials, in general, is much larger than the number of the Stellars (Jyotishis). (See Gommata Sara Jiva Kanda Gathas 160 to 163).
THEIR RESIDENCE. The 10 classes of Residentials and the 8 classes of Peripatetics live in the first Earth called Ratna Prabha.
Ratna Prabha is 1,80,000 yojanas thick. It has 3 parts. The uppermost Khara-bhaga is 16,000 yojanas thick and the 16 kinds of jewels, diamond, etc. are found init. In the middle 14,000 yojanas of these 16,000 there live all the 10 kinds of Residential (Bhaya.
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