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40–45. The *Chakravartin*, *Mahārāja* (i.e., *Adhirāja*), and *Narendra* (classes of kings), the wearers of crowns (*mauli*), should possess the throne together with the pinnacled crest (*niryūha*), the ornamental tree (*kalpa-vṛiksha*) and the ornamental arch (*toraṇa*); the *Pārshṇika*, *Paṭṭadhara*, and the third one, the *Paṭṭabhāj*, are said to possess all, namely, the throne, etc., except the ornamental tree (*kalpa-vṛiksha*); the king *Prāhāraka* is known to possess only the throne (i.e., without the other features); and the (petty) king *Astragrāha* should possess only a seat, (not a throne).¹