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| Number of human species || 400,000 |
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| Number of Manus who manifest in one kalpa, or one day of Brahmā || fourteen Manus |
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| One day of Brahmā || 4 billion 320 million years |
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| Number of Manus who manifest during one month of Brahmā || 420 Manus |
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| Number of Manus who manifest during one year of Brahmā || 5,040 Manus |
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| Number of Manus who manifest during the lifetime of one Brahmā || 504,000 Manus |
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| Dimension of soul, jivaatma | equals to 1/10000th part of hair tip, but can't be measured by any material means as it is transcendental to matter |
| Distance from Satyaloka to Vaikuntha planets | 26,200,000 yojanas (209,600,000 miles) |
| Distance from Dhruvaloka, the polestar to sun | 3,800,000 yojanas |
| Distance from Dhruvaloka to Maharloka | 10,000,000 yojanas |
| Distance from Maharloka to Janaloka | 20,000,000 yojanas |
| Distance from Janaloka to Tapoloka | 80,000,000 yojanas |
| Distance from Tapoloka to Satyaloka | 120,000,000 yojanas |
| Distance from the sun to Satyaloka | 233,800,000 yojanas (1,870,400,000 miles) |
| Covering of the universe | 260,000,000 yojanas (2,080,000,000 miles) away from the sun |
| Distance from the sun to the earth | lower planetary systems called Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla |
| Distance from lower planets to Śesha Nāga lying on the Garbhodaka Ocean | 30,000 yojanas |
| Depth of Garbhodaka ocean | 249,800,000 yojanas deep |
| Total diameter of the universe | approximately 500,000,000 yojanas, or 4,000,000,000 miles |
| Number of kinds of material bodies for soul in material world | 8'400'000 |
| Distance from planet Rāhu to the sun | 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) |
| Distance from Rāhu to planets of the Siddhas, Cāranas and Vidyādharas | 1,000,000 yojanas |
| Distance from the earth to the lower planetary systems — Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla | 70,000 yojanas |
| Number of species living in the water | 900,000 |
| Number of kinds of nonmoving living entities (sthāvara), such as trees and plants | 2,000,000 |
| Number of species of insects and reptiles | 1,100,000 |
| Number of species of birds | 1,000,000 |
| Number of varieties of quadrupeds | 3,000,000 |
| Number of human species | 400,000 |
| Number of Manus who manifest in one kalpa, or one day of Brahmā | fourteen Manus |
| One day of Brahmā | 4 billion 320 million years |
| Number of Manus who manifest during one month of Brahmā | 420 Manus |
| Number of Manus who manifest during one year of Brahmā | 5,040 Manus |
| Number of Manus who manifest during the lifetime of one Brahmā | 504,000 Manus |
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