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445. How many types of wandering celestial beings are there (Vyantar dev)?
There are eight types:
1. Deformed humans - Kinnara. 2. Deformed persons - Kinpuruss. 3. Great serpent - Mahorag. 4. Musician-Gandharva. 5. Treasure keeper - Yaksha. 6. Demon - Rakshasa. 7. Devil - Bhut. 8. Goblin - Pisacha.
446.
How many types of stellar celestial beings are there (Jyotistha Dev)?
There are five as follow:
1. Suns - Surya. 2. Moons - Chandra. 3. Planets - Graha. 4. Constellations - Nakshatra. 5. Scattered stars - Tara.
447. How many types of empyrean celestial beings are there (Vaimanik Dev)?
There are two types - graded ones (Kalpopanna dev) and non-graded ones (Kalpatit dev).
448.
What are the graded celestial beings (Kalpopanna dev)?
Here the celestial beings have various ranks such as chiefs or assistant chiefs.
449.
What are the non-graded celestial beings (Kalpatit dev)?
Here the celestial beings have no ranks.
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