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DEVENDRASTAVA : 51
172.
The Lāntaka Indra is the master of fifty thousand vimānas, the Mahāśukra that of forty thousand and the Sahasrāra Indra that of six thousand vimānas.
173.
There are four hundred vimānas in the Anata-Prāṇata kalpa heavens and three hundred in the Arana-Acyuta kalpa heavens. Thus, there are a total of seven hundred vimānas in these four Kalpa heavens.
Thus, O' Pretty one ! listen to the description of the life durations of the kings of these heavens whose number of vimānas have I have just described.
LIFE-DURATIONS OF THE KALPAPATI INDRAS
175.
The life-duration of great and noble Śakra, the Saudhrmendra heaven is two Sāgaropama years, that of I śānendra is somewhat more than that and the life-span of the Sanatkumara is seven Sagaropama years.
176.
In the Māhendra kalpa the life-duration is somewhat more than seven Sagaropama years and in the Brahmalokakalpa it is ten Sāgaropama years. In the Lāntakakalpa and the Mahāśukrakalpa it is fourteen and seventeen Sāgaropama years respectively.
177.
In the Sahasrārakalpathe life-span is eighteen Sāgaropama years, nineteen in the Ānatakalpa and twenty in the Pranata, kalpa.
178.
In the Aranakalpa the life-duration is full twenty-one Sāgaropama years and in the Acyutakalpa it is twentytwo Sāgaropama years.
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