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The Kalpas and Manvantaras: their duration - Verse 17

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 6 · Verse 17

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Sanskrit Original

नक्षत्रग्रहताराश्च चन्द्रसूर्यादयस्तु ते। अष्टाविंशतिरेवैताः कोट्यस्तु सुकृतात्म नाम।।

nakṣatragrahatārāśca candrasūryādayastu te| aṣṭāviṃśatirevaitāḥ koṭyastu sukṛtātma nām||

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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.