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¹ According to the detailed account of the royal thrones given later on (Chapter XLV) the *Chakravartin* is supplied with the *prathama* (first class, including *maṅgala*, *vīra* and *vijaya*) throne; the *Adhirāja* or *Mahārāja* is given the *padma-bhadra* throne; the *Śrībhadra* throne is also suitable for the *Adhirāja* as well as for the *Narendra*; the *śrīviśāla* also for the *Narendra* as well as the *Pārshṇika*; the *śrībandha* also for the *Pārshṇika* as well as the *Paṭṭadhara*; the *śrīmukha* for the *Maṇḍaleśa*; the *bhadrāsana* for the *Paṭṭubhāj*; the *padma-bandha* for the *Prāhāraka*; and the *pāda-bandha* throne for the *Astragrāha* whose humble seat is not given the lion-legs owing to which the royal seats are called *siṁhā-(lion) sana* (seat). For the architectural and other details of the thrones see Chapter XLV; for the similar details of the ornamental trees (*kalpa-vṛiksha*) see Chapter XLVIII; and for arches (*toraṇa*) see Chapter XLVI.