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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
diers, Malla went in among the enemy's troops, no doubt
by the force of incantations and charms. But afraid of
committing a sin by any hostile act towards those who
were sleeping, he did not kill the king of the Yavanas,
but only placed a pair of shoes, marked with his own
name, on the head of the king, as his turban. The
enemy recognized the shoes, took them with him and
went to the camp of the king of Kashmira and surren-
dered to him his fortune, as if he yielded to him his
fame. In the year 30, in the month of Phālguṇa, on
the twelfth day of the dark moon, the king died in the
midst of his prosperity, and greatly gladdened the
eyes of celestial damsels.
Then the indolent people annointed his son Para-
māṇuka, even as the days of the month of Māgha
which scatter the leaves of trees, annoint the Kunda
tree. The king neglected the duty of protecting his
subjects and also of making foreign conquests, and
he began to accumulate wealth, such as would never be
exhausted. But the wealth of the king was like that of a
Brāhmaṇa who follows the injunctions of the Vedas;
he could neither give it away to others nor enjoy it him-
self; and it was robbed by the two cheats Prayāga and
Janaka. These men were devoid of truth, and they
caused their servants to assume the form of Rākṣhasas,
and night after night they used to frighten the king by
strange performances. These evil minded ministers
pretended affection for the king, and induced him to