Planet Earth is home to 8.7 million species, scientists estimate
86 Percent of Earth's Species Still Unknown
Planetarium
http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/human.htm Quotes
http://www.vaniquotes.org/wiki/Category:Eight_Million_Four_Hundred_Thousand
Tube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=8400000
Asanas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asana#The_84_classic_yoga_asanas
Hells
http://afterdeathbeforelife.blogspot.com/2014/07/84000-hell.html
Version 1
| 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 |
http://hansadutta.com/krsnanews/2011/08/24/8400000-species-life-padma-purana/
http://sites.tufts.edu/bhaktiyoga/entry/52
Version 2
The 84 lakh Yonis are said to be distributed among these seven as follows:
1. Devas: 14 lakh Yonis
2. Human beings: 9 lakhs
3. Animals: 10 lakhs
4. Birds: 10 lakhs
5. Reptiles: 11 lakhs
6. Aquatic creatures: 10 lakhs
7. Plants: 20 lakhs
These seven great births are within the domain of Maya.
Source
http://www.skandagurunatha.org/works/kanthar-anubhuthi/verse-39.asp
Version 3
There exist 8.4 million (84 lakhs) different forms of life based on their birth location. They are classified as follows:
- Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with earth as its body
- Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with water as its body
- Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with fire as its body
- Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with air as its body
- Ten lakhs (1,000,000) forms of above-ground vegetation with one soul in every independent living body,
- Fourteen lakhs (1,400,000) forms of below-ground vegetation with multiple souls in every independent living body,
- Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with two sense organs,
- Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with three sense organs,
- Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with four sense organs,
- Four lakhs (400,000) forms of heavenly beings,
- Four lakhs (400,000) forms of living beings of hell,
http://www.jainlibrary.org/elib_master/ritual_text/290001_ritual/31_Sath_lakh_Sutra_289031.pdf
Evolution
It has taken 4,313,000 years of evolution from the amoeba to man of today. Some details:
* It took the amoeba 432,000 years to evolve into a fish. * It took the fish 432,000 years to evolve into a tortoise. * It took the tortoise 432,000 years to evolve to a mammal like water hog. * It took the water hog 432,000 years to evolve to a higher form of mammal li ke a lion. * It took the lion 432,000 years to evolve to an ape such as a chimpanzee or sometimes known as the missing link. * It took that ape 432,000 years to evolve to the first man with intelligence. He was actually the ADAM known as ABUL BASHR.
