The Kalpas and Manvantaras: their duration - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 6 · Verse 16
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Sanskrit Original
क्षीणे कल्पे ततस्तस्मिन दाहकाल उपस्थिते। तस्मिन्काले तदा देवा आसन्वैमानिकास्तु ये।।
kṣīṇe kalpe tatastasmin dāhakāla upasthite| tasminkāle tadā devā āsanvaimānikāstu ye||
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Sūta said: When the Kalpa comes to a close and the time of universal burning arrives (?), the Devas moving about in the aerial chariots, the stars, planets and the constellations, the moon, the sun etc.—all these meritorious souls were twenty-eight crores in number. Their number in all the fourteen Manvantaras is the same. Therefore their total number in all the Manvantaras together was (14 x 28 =) 392 crores.