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Similarly the chief queen should be given a lion seat in a royal court. The female relatives, wives of the kings other than the chief queen should occupy muṇḍa seat. The wives of the priests and ministers have been given cane-seat. The concubines of the kings are given seat consisting of cloth, skin or carpet. The wives of brahmins and female ascetics are provided seat made of wood (Paṭṭa). The wives of the Vaiśyas are given cushion seats and for the remaining women the ground will be the seat. But, one can take any seat according to ones own liking while residing in ones own house.