AS PER FOLLOWING, THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AND AMBIGUITY ABOUT NUMBER OF GODS OR BETTER DEITIES. BUT ANY AUTHOR IN HIS WISDOM WILL MEAN A NUMBER WHEN SAYING CRORE. IF NOT, SURELY THE UNCOMMON MEANING WILL BE MENTIONED. IT IS UNFAIR TO THE AUTHOR TO ASCRIBE AN UNCOMMON MEANING The number 33 is based on a verse in the Rigveda[citation needed]and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad - Chapter 3. which 11 gods each in heaven, on earth and in mid-air. Another verse[citation needed] of the Rigveda states that 3,339 gods have worshipped Agni.[12] The extension to 330 million in popular tradition has been attributed to mistranslation.[4][13] Another source suggests the number is just intended to suggest infinity.[14] In the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (1.9.1), Yajnavalkya asked how many gods there are, and he answers that there are 303,303. When the question is repeated, he says 33. When the question is repeated again, he says six, and when asked yet again, he answers one. The number 33 according to the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (1.9.2) consists of eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, plus Indra and Prajapati.en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities
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