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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 287
sins, and in the form of the Vitastā devoured the two
armies. The citizens who had come to witness the
scene were killed, and in order to prevent a similar
mishap, the Saidas placed heaps of the newly severed
heads in their front. They fixed several heads on
poles, and in order to strike terror into the people, they
placed them like rows of lamps on a piece of wood on
the banks of the Vitastā. The corpses became swollen
in the river and emitted stench, and drifted down into
the Mahāpadma lake.
In the meantime the people of Kashmīra collected
the surviving soldiers from all directions and again
raised an army. Shrī Jyahāngira, Jyallāla, Saiphaḍā-
mara, and others meditated plans to overcome the
Saida chiefs. Under instructions received from a saint,
Saiphaḍāmara divided his army into sections and placed
them both on high and low grounds ; and soldiers came
to these divisions every day from all sides, well
officered, devoted to their chiefs, and protected by
shields, and they received supplies of arrows
with wooden shafts and fine feathers, sharp and
well barbed. There were tumultuous gatherings on
both banks of the Vitastā, and on both banks were
mounted engines of victory, and the two armies met in
the great city of Pravarapura once more, and fought in
anger. Horses clad in armour galloped forward, and
made the army terrible in appearance, and the soldiers
rained fire by their strokes ; and the hearts of many