The Kalpas and Manvantaras: their duration - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 6 · Verse 18
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Sanskrit Original
मन्वन्तरे यथैकस्मिन चतुर्द्दशसु वै तथा। त्रीणि कोटिशतान्यासन कोट्यो द्विनवतिस्तथा।।
manvantare yathaikasmin caturddaśasu vai tathā| trīṇi koṭiśatānyāsan koṭyo dvinavatistathā||
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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.