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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 195
the sky, in the air, and on the earth, each striving to
come foremost. First, when the king went to Maḍa-
varājya, to indulge in the festivity of flowers, there
occurred a great earthquake. The buildings, as if
perceiving the misery of their builders, began to tremble
like men. Then there appeared a comet, a sign of
calamity, extending over the sky with its tail towards
the east. It was first seen by Vahrāmakhāna. Its tail
was like the bearded lance of death, and its wide ex-
tending form was seen even in the day time, towards
the west. A mare in the king’s stable gave birth to
twins, and the king, in order to remove the animal from
the country, gave it away to the Yavanas. Lions and
other animals of the forest wandered about during the
day in Shrīnagara town, and a bitch gave birth to kittens.
The Sadānandi tree, which had been barren, bore
fruits, and flowers grew on the roots of pomegranate
trees near the palace. A rain of blood fell on the
clothes that were in the garden, and when men saw
this, they felt as if salt had been sprinkled on a wound.
In the meantime the Hindus, excited to anger by Pūrṇa
the barber, were guilty of severities on Saidakhāna
Āgāha and others who were residing in the town. When
the Yavanas heard of this, they became angry, and
went to the king and lamented aloud, and the king
ordered a persecution of the Brāhmaṇas. In his fury
the king cut off the arms and noses of Ajara, Amara,
Buddha, and others, and even of those Brāhmaṇas who