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As examples of household furniture, *Pāṇini* (Agrawala, 1953, p. 144) in his *Aṣṭādhyāyī* mentions *Śayyā* (bed), *Khatvā* (cot), *Paryaṅka* or *Pālyaṅka* (couch), *Āsandi-setti* (a royal throne), *Viṣtara* (an ordinary seat) and *Parpa* (a wheeled chair for disabled persons). Interestingly, all these are represented in the sculptures.