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

224 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
even as bees come to the garden, or as rivers flow into
the sea. She had lived in the family of the Mārgapati
as a kalpa creeper in a garden, and possessed many
excellent qualifications ; and the Bhaṭṭa obtained her
as one obtains the goddess of fortune. The people
remarked that while king Jaina could not banish the
Saidas, his grandson had done it with ease.
When the country was rid of these thorns, the king,
with the approval of the Mallika, engaged himself in
erecting buildings ; and his courtiers were also similarly
engaged. The people were happy under the good ad-
ministration, and they occupied themselves in marriages
and festivities, in building good houses, in dancing and
processions, and they thought of nothing else. The king
built in the year 50 a beautiful palace at Diddāmaṭha,
on the banks of the river, unmindful of expense. The
new palace with its [four turrets in the] four corners,
which were like hands upraised, was reflected on the
water, and looked as if it danced there day and night,
conscious of the people's admiration, while the old
palace remained tenantless. The golden umbrella over
the palace looked as if the sun in the semblance of an
umbrella had descended from the sky to see the build-
ing, as none of his (solar) dynasty had erected any
building equalling it. The architects made wooden
figures of Gaḍura and placed them on the corners of
the building, so that the birds in the sky were afraid of
them and did not fly over the palace. The queen mo-