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DEVENDRASTAVA : 61
TYPES NUMBERS AND DIFFERENCES OF SERIALISED AND MISCELLANEOUS VIMĀNAS
205.
The total number of Deva-vimānas (heavenly bodies) in the upper universe is said to be eighty-four lakha(hundred thousand) ninety-seven thousand and twenty-three or 8497023.
206.
Out of these the number of flower-shaped (? Laden, decorated) vimānas is eighty-four lākha(hundred thousand) eighty-nine thousand one hundred and forty-nine or 8489147.
207.
The vimānas arraigned in series are seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-four or 7874. Rest of the vimānas are (arraigned) in the shape of flower-petals.
208.
The interval between the series of vimānas is innumerable (Yojanas). That between the vimānās arraigned in the shape of flower-petals is numerable-innumerable Yojanas.
THE SHAPES AND ORDER OF THE SERIALISED
VIMĀNAS
209.
The vimānas arraigned in series are in the shape of circular, trigonal and quadrangular. However, the vimānas arraigned in the shape of flower-petals are said to be of various shapes.
210.
Circular (ring-shaped) vimānas are in the shape of bangles, the trigonal ones are in the shape of Aqua-nut(Srrighātaka or Singhādā) and the quadrangular vimānas are in the shape of wrestling arenas (Aksātaka or Akhāda).
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