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

land which the king did not mark with the name of
Jaina. Wherever the ground was low, the king caused
a tank to be formed by means of canals, and it was
adorned with birds, lotuses, and water-nuts. Praise
is due to cloud which benefits the earth with water
which it lifts from the sea where the water lies useless,
and showers it upon fields ; such showers make the
grains grow, and men, whose wealth is grain, are made
happy.
In this country there is an unfathomable lake known
as the Ḍala, a brief account of which will be given.
There the large lake of Sūreshvarī [another name of
Ḍala] extends to the capital; and the king went over
it every day in a boat, even as the moon travels over
the clear sky. The king's boat adorned with fluttering
banner, floated on the water like a young bird, with its
oars which were like wings, and was manned by crew
who understood the weather. The river Tilaprasthā issu-
ing from Tripureshvara, joins the Saṭāṅkā at this place,
as if anxious to visit Laṅkā where the hill of Shrī,
extending over six kroshas, meets the river and bathes
in its water day and night, as if wishing to obtain
the merit of bathing in a shrine. There reflected in
the water, trees look like mosses, hills like tortoises,
and towns seem like the realms of the Nāgas. There
the waving shāli crop stands on the ground, and
bends down as if to smell the perfume of the lotus.
There Laṅkā is situated, and the sun courses north and