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

284 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
joined the Pratīhāra and others, and soon entered the
city. His troops then entered the city by the way
leading to Samudra maṭha, and arrived at Loṣhṭa vihāra
with a view to destroy the army of the Saidas. But the
Ḍombas and other sturdy soldiers, turned aside from
battle, and through their avarice, busied themselves in
plundering all within the city. These Ḍombas and
other valiant warriors raised their weapons against one
another and hurt one another, and plundered the
principal citizens of their property. The citizens had
buried their wealth in their houses, but the soldiers
dug up the ground with their spears at every step,
and took away the wealth as if it were given to
them. When the Saida army was first attacked
by the Madras, and the Saidas saw human heads lying
scattered about, they despaired of victory that day, and
retreated speedily as they had come. But when their
troops heard of the doings of the enemy, they entered
the city and marched to battle discharging arrows as
they went. The Saidas found Padmabhaṭa before
them, and they killed him in his own tent, and in order
to ensure the success of their arms, they painted their
foreheads with his blood. Ālikhāna was there, and
alarmed at the approach of the army, set fire to the
Labdhabhadva vihāra, in order to obstruct their passage.
The flames had spread over the road when the heroic
Dāvoda the Mārgapati arrived, and together with
Hosana the Pratīhāra he engaged in fight. The former