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

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favours ; he bestowed on Tājibhaṭṭa the post of an en-
voy and Tājibhaṭṭa was to the king like the tongue of his
kingdom. Formerly the stream of power had flowed
by hundred channels, but now it rested in Tājibhaṭṭa
without flowing through a second channel. Jonarā-
jānaka and others soon obtained favours according to
the services they had rendered previously. In all things
the king acted as Ahmada the chief of the mallas ad-
vised, and he did not disregard this minister, even as
the sea, though agitated, does not overflow its shore.
It was by the advice of this minister that the king libera-
ted those who had been hostile to his father and
grandfather, and had been imprisoned in Bhuṭṭa country.
The king, who knew all schools of philosophy and who
placed his intelligence under the guidance of his minis-
ter, re-established in the kingdom the practices of the
time of his grandfather. The king was of a forgiving
nature and grateful, and the minister was devoted to
the king and devoid of vanity ; it was after a long time,
and owing to the virtue of the subjects, that such a
combination was seen. When the Mārgapati, the
Ṭhakkuras, and other officials had been seated on high
seats, by the side of the minister, the minister inclined
himself before the king as if he had been their envoy.
He performed the work of the king even at the risk of
his life, and his devotion to the king, as to Mahādeva,
was unmoved. He made a good use of his wealth by
building maṭhas and endowing villages in favour of