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

270 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
accomplished; with this wicked request she led him
inside the house. Mera Hassana had dreamt a dream
in which he was warned by his father that he would
meet with a mishap on Sunday, and he was told
not go to the palace. But bewildered by Fate he went
there. At the same time Saida Hasana came in from
his own house, and told him that his legs would be
cut off on account of his rebellion, so that he might
not run away. As soon as he had said so, Mera
Hassana's legs were cut at the joint, and he fell from his
horse on the ground. And it seemed, by the dust that
was raised by the Saida horsemen, as if he sighed in
sorrow anticipating that the Saidas would not walk in
the street again.
Now Jonarājanaka falsely informed the Madras that
a letter had arrived that day from Tattārakhāna which
would cause them harm; that the Saidas who had spread
over the kingdom, but who were afraid of the surviving
Madras, had, agreeably to that letter, come to some
determination, and that the Madras would be arrested
the next morning; they should therefore devise some
plan of safety. "We will first destroy them" thought
the Madras. They knew that all the Saidas had met
in a house named Amṛita, and they repaired thither.
Parashurāma and others entered the house armed,
directing Tājaka the gate keeper to keep the door safe.
Tājaka informed the servants of the Saidas that their
masters were engaged in council, and dismissed them