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 KINGS 01? KisniifRA. 163 the benefit; of her dead sou, tho qucou built a town, named ' Abbimauyupura, and an iumge of a god, named Abhi- uwuyusvimi. She then went to Diddipura and set up a god Didd&v&mi, and a temple for the convenience of travellers from the interior of the country. For the benefit of her dead husband, she built Kaugkanapnra, and there set up an image of another god (Vishnu) of white stoile which was also called Diddisvimi. She also built a large house (a snrai) for the Kashmfriaus and for her own countrymen *(th° P e °pl° of Lohara.) She set up a god named Sinnasvami after her father's name, and built a house far the duelling of tho Brahmanas of her country. At Lhe junction of the Vi fasti and the Sindhu, she built temples and houses of gods, and made the place holy. She built iu all sixty-four images of gods. She re- paired the part of the city, which was injured by fire ; and built stone walls to the temples. Her female servant ValgS of Vaivadhika caste, who used to support this crippled queen in her pastimes built a temple named Valgimatha. Vicious persons may do good things ; but that is no guarantee that they will not commit what is evil. The fish which noiselessly play iu the river, eat their own t species. Peacocks live merely on rain water, but eat snakes which live on air, and the heron who sits still as in silent prayer, devours the fishes who trust limi 4 In one year, the grief of the queen was alloyed. She at- tempted to take away the life of her grandson, a boy bent dn his play, by magic In the K. £. 49 i«