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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 289
to south. When the two armies beheld this wonderful
object, they apprehended some calamity in battle, and
were beside themselves in terror.
In the meantime Tattārakhāna, influenced by a
letter from the Saidas, sent a powerful Turuṣhka army
in order to obtain possession of the country. When
these wicked Turuṣhkas arrived at Shastragalasthāna
they were met by Habhābhoḍanarāja and others, even
as insects are opposed by snows. Surely the goddess
Kālī in the guise of the river Kā'ldhārā devoured
them in anger, for the benefit of the virtuous country.
The son of Ādămakhāna was sent with the news of
defeat to Tattārakhāna, but he was prevented by the
Turuṣhka chief from going, and was detained by him.
The inhabitants of the place took possession of the horses
and the effects of the Turuṣhka, and obtained riches such
as are rarely obtained, and looked like Kuvera. And
when the people of Kashmīra heard of the destruction
of the Turuṣhkas they celebrated the event by music, and
the faces of the Saidas became sad. Among the sur-
vivors of the wicked army which had met with this
disaster, two thousand lay dead. The rear of the
army of the Kashmīrians was such as could be relied
upon, and so the Kashmīrians felt no fear. They
became haughty on obtaining an addition to their
strength, and with a glad heart determined on battle.
They arranged to station the Mārgesha and others in
the centre, outside the capital, and the Rājānaka and
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