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

the strong became weak and the weak became strong.
The good behaviour of the Shiṅgas did not appear
grateful to the Ḍāmara chiefs, even as the light of
the earth to owls who are fond of darkness; and the
Ḍāmaras threw Ālemera and others, who were the
cause of these troubles, into prison at night out of fear
of them. But in a few days Jyahāṅgera the Pratīhāra,
Hossa Rājānaka, rose against the Ḍāmaras owing to
insults that were offered to them.
Now a person named Gadāyamera struck Gājakhāna
and Mallekadatta, all of a sudden, with a dagger in
their chest, as they were seated in an assembly. When
UtsaMalleka heard of this, he departed from the
presence of the king, and fought with the enemies for
a long time. He was called in by the king and was
honored. Loud lamentation however rose within the
capital on account of the murder of the two persons,
and the citizens wept and blamed the king. The power-
ful warrior Hossa Malleka the Ḍāmara was in Sūryya-
bhoga, heard of the death of his kindreds, but did not
lose his coolness. This great warrior who was irresis-
tible in battle, fell fighting with his enemies and
joined the women of heaven. Then the skilful, the
illustrious Khāna Ebhrāhima, born of the family of
Shāhābhadena, and a relative of Jyahāṅgira the Pratī-
hāra, divided the estates of the kingdom within
five or six days, and distributed them in the pre-
sence of the king among Hosa Rājānaka and others