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

194 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
import of his name,* he was struck with fright, and re-
turned in the same manner as he had come. Bahrāma-
khāna was also very much alarmed at the death of the
treasurer, but on coming home he received assurance
from the king who understood business. In the mean-
time the fine army under Māņikyadeva was destroyed in
a battle with the Turushkas, in the Madra country. In
this battle Ādamakhāna had went out to fight, with his
maternal uncle, and he was killed, his face being pierced
by an arrow. Some said that he was there killed by
men of his own party who were afraid of him ; while
others said that he died of a wound in a vital part by
a lance. When the king heard of his death from the
messengers he was very much grieved, and caused his
body to be brought from Madra country and placed
before his mother. Though he was the eldest of the
brothers and a hero, and though he had an army under
him, and possessed wealth and the part of the country
where he was born, yet he did not, in spite of endeavours,
obtain the kingdom which was his due. An object
wished for is not attained unless it is so decreed by
destiny; or was it in him that his father's curse came
to be realized? For though he returned to his own
country he died in a foreign land.
Signs of great calamities and of alarm appeared in
*Admi khun ?