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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 95
Rūpyabhāṇḍa that delapidated buildings were repaired
and new ones constructed. On the margin of the
Mahāpadma lake the king, whose epithet was Jaina, built
two towns named Jainakuṇḍala and Jainapattana; and
there were planted the creeping fennel which bore tender
leaves and beautiful roots, and by which the towns were
adorned. O! how mild were even the punishments
which he inflicted tempered as they were with mercy;
for without killing the Ḍomba thieves, or fastening their
hands in chains, and subjecting them to constant beating

• • • • The king forbade the killing of birds and fish
        in several tanks, and spread his fame on all sides.
        Once on a time the king came to know that thieves
        had stolen a cow, and the owner lamented its loss.
        The king after questioning the man caused the thieves to
        be brought in; but the truthful Brāhmaṇa could not
        state the age of the animal or describe the marks on it,
        and he thus caused regret to the court. He only stated
        that the cow had bent horns. The thief addressed the
        king and said that as it was natural for the human body
        to have moles, so it was natural for a cow's horns to be
        bent. The king asked [the verdict of the court], but the
        court remained silent. The king then, with a view to
        examine [the animal], applied some contrivance on the
        horns by which he exposed the artifice of the thief and
        refuted his plea about the crookedness of the horns.
        The ministers who composed the court of justice were
        elated with joy by this fine judgment of the king. The