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## Gunādiparicaya | 27.
They engaged in debate with great thought and understanding. This is included in the descriptions of the beginning and ceremony of Samantabhadra's debate in the inscription*. However, regardless of the royal court where this verse was spoken, there is no doubt that the event it describes is of great significance. It seems that Dhūrjati was a very famous and renowned debater at that time, he had a great reputation among the people, and he was badly defeated in front of Samantabhadra. By defeating such a great debater with ease, Samantabhadra's reputation was further enhanced among other scholars, and since then it has become a proverb: "If even a scholar like Dhūrjati cannot stand his ground in debate against Samantabhadra, then what is the ability of other scholars to debate with him?"
The extent of Samantabhadra's debating prowess and the great influence he had on other scholars is evident from the above passages. However, we would like to point out here that Samantabhadra's field of debate was not limited. He did not only make his victory known in the land where he was born, but his love for debate, his desire to remove the ignorance of people and lead them towards the right path, and his Jain Siddha...
* As is evident from the following sentence given before those descriptions:
"Yasyaivaṃvidhā vidyāvādarambhasanrambhavijṛmbhitaabhivyaktayaḥ sūktayaḥ."
† In Aufrecht's 'Catalogue', Dhūrjati is described as a 'Poet', and poets are considered to be good scholars, as can be seen from the characteristics given in the previous footnote.