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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 87
Nandashaila, and thus made the people think of the
Chakradhara in the midst of the sea. This beneficent
king held high his unsullied fame and made the country
of Karāla a theme of praise by means of a canal. In
Karāla, the king built Jainapurī where the Brāhmaṇas
had their rent free villages, and where women had neck-
laces. The king, whose history is pleasant, caused a
canal to be constructed in the lands of Avantipura, and
the canal was rich in shāli crop. When the water of the
Ganges was made to unite by a mountain channel with
the Mānasa lake, was the water of the Ganges purified
by that of the Mānasa, or the Mānasa lake purified by
the water of the Ganges? The king embellished the
Mānasa lake by building a town on its side, and its
image was reflected on the lake and looked as if it were
another town. This prosperous king connected Suyyapura
with the bank of the Vitastā, and thus removed the great
trouble which the land had experienced from heat. He
built Jainanagarī, rich with maṭhas, provided with rent
free lands for Brāhmaṇas, and with market places, ex-
tending from Pradyumna hill to Amareshapura. That
town with its high stone built houses of the Nāgas, was
reflected on the Jainagaṅgā, as if it rose from the water to
conquer the heaven. The pious king of unsullied fame,
forgot the joys of worshipping the feet of Hari in the
favour of the god Raṇasvāmī and Jainagaṅgā. On the
other side of Suyyapura, he built a town named Snānagiri,
and adorned with houses, it became equal to Kailāsa hill.