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121.
The numbers of brilliant heavenly bodies, with their corresponding hues, that revolve over the Ardha Puşkaravara-dvīpa are seventy-two Moons and seventytwo Suns.
122.
Also, six thousand three hundred and thirty-six great planets and two thousand and sixeen constellations (revolve over this Ardha Puşkaravara-dvīpa).
123.
Similarly, the number of stars over the Ardha Puşkaravaradvīpa is decidedly forty-eight Lākha (hundred thousand) twenty-two thousand and two hundred Kota-koti or 482,220,000,000,000,000,000.
124.
One hundred and thirty-two Moons and one hundred and thirty-two Suns enlighten and revolve over the entirety of human lands.
125.
There are eleven thousand six hundred and sixteen great planets and three thousand six hundred and ninety-six constellations (that revolve over the human lands).
126.
Similarly, the number of stars over the human habited part of the universe is eighty-eight Lākha (hundred thousand) forty thousand and seven hundred Kota-koti or 884,070,000,000,000,000,000.
127.
Briefly, this is the description of the heavenly bodies that revolve over the human habited part of the universe. However, the Jinas have said that the heavenly bodies that revolve over the remaining non-human habited part of the universe are innumerable.
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