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

14 KINGS OF KASHMIRA.
him in the act, and the constellation under which the
act was done, all bore the name of lion. One day the
king caused the god Vijayeshvara to be bathed in
milk purchased with one lakh pieces of gold (niṣhka),
and attained purification by his religious act. Shri
Saṅkarasvāmī was the religious preceptor of the king,
and the king gave him, as the fee of his tuition, the
lordship over eighteen maṭhas. When the king rose
from his bed he always chanted the following verse :—
“I bow to Saṅkara the lord of Gaurī, whose eyes
are pure as fire, whose feet are worshipped by the
learned, and who is bedecked with the crescent of the
moon.” A verse, such as this, smoothed his path to
the future world, and like an offering to the goddess
of speech, instructed the soul. Once upon a time
the king passed orders to punish a man tor his daughter’s
evil character, but revoked those orders at the request
of Iḍāgalī, a dancing girl.
By keeping company with bad men the king became
devoid of his belief in God. His nurse had a daughter
who was like the mirror of the god of love, and
on this mirror the king’s image was réffected ! Her
husband Darya, with the help of Kāmasūha, killed the
haughty king with whom his subjects had now become
annoyed. The king reigned for fourteen years, five
months, and twenty seven days, and died in the summer
of the year 77.
Then his brother Sūhadēva, thougn not of very active