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 गुण या विशेषता  संख्या या माप सत्यलोक से विष्णुलोक (ब्रह्मलोक-सनातन) की दूरी  26,200,000 योजन (209,600,000 मील)  ध्रुवलोक से सूर्य की दूरी  3,800,000 योजन ध्रुवलोक से महरलोक की दूरी  10,000,000 योजन महरलोक से जनलोक की दूरी  20,000,000 योजन जनलोक से तपोलोक की दूरी  80,000,000 योजन तपोलोक से सत्यलोक की दूरी  120,000,000 योजन सूर्य से सत्यलोक की दूरी  233,800,000 योजन (1,870,400,000 मील) Covering of the Universe  260,000,000 yojanas (2,080,000,000 miles) away from the Sun{, each covering layer is 10 times bigger than previous  Distance from lower planets to Śesha Nāga lying on the Garbhodaka Ocean  30,000 yojanas गर्भोदक सागर की गहराई   249,800,000 योजन ब्रह्माण्ड का सम्पूर्ण व्यास  लगभग 500,000,000 योजन, or 4,000,000,000 मील राहु से सूर्य की दूरी 10,000 योजन (80,000 मील) 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 kinds of material bodies for soul, jivaatma (or species of life) in material world  8,400,000  * Number of species living in the water  900,000 * Number of kinds of sthāvara (non-moving living entities 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 (one day of Brahmā)  fourteen Manus  Duration of one day of Brahmā  1,000 chatur-yugas (4.32 billion 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  Total duration of four yugas (Satya+Treta+Dvapara+Kali)  4,320,000 years  Number of the present Manu (Vaivasvata Manu)  7th Manu Age of our (Vaivasvata) Manu  27 chatur-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] Number of planetary systems in this Brahmanda (material universe)   14 Duration of 100 years of Brahma (his lifetime duration)  311,040,000,000,000 years Duration of one manvantara, the lifespan of one Manu  seventy-one chatur-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  Duration of Kali-yuga   432,000 years  Duration of lifetime of human in Satya yuga   around 100,000 years.  Duration of lifetime of human in Tretā-yuga   around 10,000 years  Duration of lifetime of human in Dvāpara-yuga   around 1,000 years.  Duration of lifetime of human in Kali-yuga   around 100 years which will be reduced gradually to 20 years ) Time passed after beginning of Kali-yuga (Battle of Kurukṣetra)   years as of  CE (See Kali Yuga) Steeds of Indra  1,100  Spiritual benefits of following Janmashtami Vows (fasting etc.)  One ... becomes freed from the sins of ten million births.  Frequency with which Krishna descends to this planet  every 8,640,000,000 years (once in a day of Brahma) Happiness of liberation into impersonal Brahman (brahmajyoti) compared with happiness of devotional service to Bhagavan  Bhakti is trillion-fold better than impersonalismSrila Rupa Gosvami says that if brahmananda, or the happiness of becoming one with the Supreme, is multiplied by one trillionfold, it still cannot compare to an atomic fraction of the happiness derived from the ocean of devotional service.  
350px|thumb|Brahmanda – Hindu material universe. Each brahmanda appears after Mahavishnu's breathing out and when Garbhodakashayi Vishnu gives birth to Brahma on a Satyaloka's lotus. Brahma, creator of our universe lives 311,040,000,000,000 human years, and during his lifetimes, 504 000 Manus, first men, are changing. Fourteen planetary systems, Brahmanda, are created by Brahma.
Note: Where distances are given in yojana a rough equivalent is sometimes given in miles calculated at 8 miles to the yojana. The actual length of the yojana varied throughout its period of use between 4 and 9 miles.

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