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Bedsteads are meant for the use of deities, the twice-born and all other people :
> Devānāṁ cha dvi-jātīnāṁ varṇānāṁ śayanārthakam । (1)
They are of two kinds—the small (bāla-paryaṅka) and the large (paryaṅka) (lines 26, 28). The former is intended to be used by children and the latter by the grown-up, the one being distinguished from the other by its size alone.
The measurement and various parts of the two kinds of bedsteads are described separately (lines 3–79).
The materials of which bedsteads and seats (āsana) are generally constructed are various kinds of timber (line 74).