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*[[Brahma]]
*[[Brahma]]
*[[Hindu units of measurement]]
*[[Hindu units of measurement]]

==External links==
*For distances in yojanas see: [http://vedabase.net/y/yojana]

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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
Duration of One day of Brahmā 4 billion 320 million years or 1,000 yugas
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
Total duration of four yugas (Satya+Treta+Dvapara+Kali) 4,320,000 years
Number of present Manu, Vaivasvata Manu 7th Manu
Age of our (Vaivasvata) Manu 27 divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years]
Duration of Kali-yuga 432,000 years
Time passed after beginning of Kali-Yuga (Battle of Kurukṣetra ) around 5,000 years
Number of planetary systems in /this/ material world 14
Duration of 100 years (lifetime) of Brahma 311,040,000,000,000 years
Duration of one manvantara, the lifespan of one Manu seventy-one yugas (=71*4,320,000 years)
Duration of Satya yuga 1,728,000 years
Duration of Tretā-yuga 1,296,000 years
Duration of Dvāpara-yuga 864,000 years
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External links

  • For distances in yojanas see: [1]