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DEVENDRASTAVA : 45
151.
The number of Moons (and that of Suns) on any dvīpa or samudra can be obtained by multiplying the number of Moons on the previous samudra or dvīpa by three and adding the numbers of Moons on all the dvīpas and samudras prior to the previous one.
152.
If the number of any Jyotiska - Nakşatras (Constellations), Grahas (Planets) or Tārāgana (Stars) over a dvīpa or samudra is desired, it can be obtained by multiplying the number of Moons there by a suitable number (as given in verses 157-158).
153.
There are Moons and Suns situated outside Mt. Manuşottara. There the Moons are in conjunction with the Abhijita constellation and the Suns with the Pusya.
154.
(Outside the Mānusottara mountain the minimum distance between the Moons and the Suns is never less than fifty thousand Yojanas.
155.
Outside the Mānusottara mountain the minimum distance between one Moon and the other or that between one Sun and the other one hundred thousand Yojanas.
156.
The Suns are at an interval from the Moons and so are the Moons from the bright Suns. They are of many coloured rays. The Moons' rays dimmer and the Suns' are brighter.
157.
One Moon family has eighty-eight planets and twentyeight constellations. Now, I shall describe the Stars.
158.
There are sixty-six thousand nine hundred and seventyfive stars in one Moon family.
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