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¹ The stables for the horse and the elephants are not included here as they have been referred to as forming parts of premises. The cow-sheds are not specified on the premises, nor are here happily included. No provision is made for dogs and several other domesticated animals also. It should be noted that the bigger articles of furniture have been separately described. Cars and chariots are illustrated under chapter XLIII, bedsteads and swings under chapter XLIV, seats and royal thrones under chapter XLV. And the couches, etc., may be further illustrated from the Buddhist texts: Benches are made to accommodate three persons (*Chullavagga*, vi, 13-2). Divan is a separate piece of furniture (*Chullavagga*, vi, 14-1; *Mahāvagga*, v, 10-3). The *āsandi* variously translated as large couches, chair and cushions (ibid. vi, 14-1; v, 10-3). Couches are covered with canopies (*Mahāvagga*, v, 10-3). Mention is made of various chairs, namely, rectangular chairs (*āsandaka*), sofa with arms to it (*sattaṅga*), state chairs (*bhadra-pīṭha*), cushioned chairs (*pīṭhikā*), chair raised on a pedestal (*etaka--padaka-pīṭha*), chair with many legs (*amalaka-vantika-pīṭha*), cane-bottomed chair (*kochchha*), and leaning board (*phalaka*). Carpets, rugs, pillows, and curtains, etc., are also mentioned: "coverlets with long fleece, counterpanes of many colours, woollen coverlets marked with thick flowers, matresses, cotton coverlets dyed with figures of animals, rugs with long hair on one or both sides, carpets inwrought with gold or with silk, rich elephant housings, horse and carriage rugs, panther and antelope skins, large and crimson cushions" (*Mahāvagga*, v, 10-3); pillows of the size of man's head and body; bolsters are of five kinds as stuffed with wool, cotton, bark, grass, and leaves; floor-cloth, mosquito-curtain, handkerchief, spittoon are also mentioned.