द्वितीय राजतरङ्गिणी (जोनराज - कल्हणोत्तर मध्यकालीन कश्मीर का प्रामाणिक इतिहास)

86 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
consulted his religious guide and learned men versed
in law, and he learnt that Sadaula deserved to be killed.
Sadaula was not killed, owing to king’s kindness, but the
king ordered him to ride on an ass with his face towards
the tail, and to be led about every market place, his
beard drenched with human urine, his head shaved, every
one spitting on him, and his hands tied with the entrails
of the dead man. The punishment was like death to
him though he was alive ; and pure flowers from heaven
which perfumed all sides fell on the king as well as the
blessings of the citizens, for this act of justice.
Like Dasharaṭha, the king had four sons given unto
him, and they were the delight of the people, and were
born of the two daughters of the king of Madra. The
eldest was named Ādamakhāna, the second, Hejyākhāna,
the younger ones were named Jassarathakhāna, and
Baherāmakhāna.
The Mandara hill churned the sea of cream, and re-
covered the nectar and the precious stones, which were
lying useless before, and brought them to use by bestow-
ing them on proper persons. That Mandara hill, worthy
of praise, is the king of the mountains. Even like him
the king obtained wonderful fame by joining a waterfall
to a stream, and the rivers which had been dry became
filled with water. The king caused the canal which ran
along the field to be extended to the lands at Utpalapura,
and he thus made both the canal and the lands useful.
He caused a canal to be carried down to the desert of