To show how time is different for different beings in this cosmos, Hindu Puranas proclaimed: the human lifespan is equal to one blink of Indra. Indra’s lifespan is equal to one blink of Brahma. Brahma’s lifespan is equal to one blink of Vishnu. Vishnu’s lifespan is equal to one blink of Shiva. Shiva’s lifespan is equal to one blink of the Goddess. Nobody knows the lifespan of the Goddess, as all observers are born of her.

To show how different beings have different strengths, Jain scriptures proclaimed: 12 warriors have the power of a single bull, 10 bulls have the power of a single horse, 12 horses have the power of a single buffalo, 15 buffaloes have the power of a single elephant, 500 elephants have the power of a single lion, 2,000 lions have the power of a single sharabha (eight-legged carnivore), a million sharabhas have strength of a single Baladeva, two Baladevas have the strength of a single  Vasudev, two Vasudevs have the strength of a single Chakravarti, 100,000 Chakravartis have the strength of a single Nagaraj, 10 million Nagaraj have the power of a single Indra, and the power of innumerable Indras is nothing compared to that of a Tirthankara.