HISTORY OF CASHMIR. 55 



ed teacher.* He invited scholars from foreign countries and so many flocked 

 to him as to occasion a dearth of Panditas every where, except in Caskmir: 

 the chief of the assembly was Bhatta, and he was assisted by Damodara- 

 gtjpta; the principal poets were Manor atha, Sanc'hadenta, Ckataca and 

 Sandhiman, whilst Vamana and others were amongst his ministers.)" The 

 principal foundation of his reign Was the fort of Jayapura, in the construc- 

 tion of which he was assisted by artists sent him by Vibhishana, the Rdc- 

 shasa monarch of Lanca, whilst Achu, the son-in-law of Peamoda king 

 of Mathura, and Jayadatta one of the king's principal ministers, con- 

 tributed to its embellishment; the one by a temple of Siva, and the other 

 by a Brahminical college : besides this, JayapIra built Malhanapur in Cash- 

 mir, and his wives founded the cities Calydnapur and Camalapur, places nam* 

 ed after themselves. 



After a short period of tranquillity, Jayapira resumed his military enter- 

 prises : his first exploit was the reduction of a strong fort belonging to 

 Bhima Sena, king of the eastern region, and he thence proceeded against 

 Aramuri, the magician, king of Nipal,\ whom, at the end of two or three- 

 days march, he found posted with his forces on the southern bank of a ri- 

 ver: the appearance of the enemy inflamed the courage of the king to te- 

 merity; without a previous knowledge of the country, he rushed into the 

 river, and left his bravest warriors behind him ; the stream at first was no 



* This name is not known unless Cshira Swami, the commentator on Amera, be intended; the' 

 conjecture is supported by the nature of bis instruction, and qualifications, the author calling him- 

 91 o gfa^tTJTWT^r: or teacner °f tne science of words. 



f It is not practicable to ascertain with any degree of certainty, any further particulars relating t6' 

 the individuals named in the text. Bhatta is a title rather than a name, and is applied to several- 

 authors known to be natives of Cashmir, as Mammata Bhatt'a, the author of the Kavya Prakasa, and 

 others. Damodara may be the author of the musical work called Sangita Damodara and there is a 

 Vamana Acharya, who is the author of a set of poetical Sutras and of a Vritti or gloss upon them; The 

 poetical propensities of the prince accord with the character of these writings : the other names offer 

 nothing even for conjecture. 



X There is no such name however in Kirkpatruh's lists of the Nepal kings. 



