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61-66. It (the *Makuṭa* crown of the *Chakravartin*) should be furnished with garlands made of ten leaves (rows or strings) of gold and other metals; there should be five hundred, one thousand, two thousand or two thousand and five hundred *nishkas*¹; the number of gold pieces (in the crown) is stated to be of three varieties from the smallest to (i.e., including the intermediate, and) the largest; they are stated to be (distinguished) in connection with the four kinds of coronation of the *Chakravartin* (class of monarchs), namely, the *Prāpta* (i.e., *Prathama*), *Maṅgala*, *Vīra*, and *Vijaya*.