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## Introduction of Qualities
If any man, due to ego or foolishness, raised any opposition, he would soon be silenced. In this way, Samantabhadra, like an undefeated lion, roamed fearlessly across the east, west, south, and north of India, engaging in debates. Once, while wandering, he reached the city of 'Karhaṭaka', which some scholars have identified as the modern 'Kanhad or Karaḍ' in the Satara district, and others as the city of 'Kolhapur' in South Maharashtra. This city was filled with many 'Bhaṭas' (brave warriors), was a prominent center of learning, and was either sparsely populated or densely populated. At that time, while expressing his intention to debate with the king there, he presented his introduction, in a verse, which is preserved in the aforementioned 54th inscription at Śravaṇa Belgola, as follows:
**"I have been to Pāṭaliputra in the east, and to the Malava-Sindhu-Thakkavishaya in the west, to Kāñcīpura in the south, and to the Vaidiśa in the north. I have reached Karhaṭaka, a city filled with many Bhaṭas, a prominent center of learning, and a place of great challenge. I am wandering, seeking debate, O King, like a lion playing."** _1_
_See, Mr. Edward P. Rice B.A.'s "History of Kannada Literature", p. 23._
_See, Mr. B. Lewis Rice's "Inscriptions at Śravaṇa Belgola", p. 42; however, in the second revised edition of this book, prepared by R. Narasimhachar, a corrigendum has been issued to replace 'Kolhapur' with 'Kanhad'._
_This verse is also found in Brahma Nemidatta's 'Ārādhanākathākoṣa'. However, this text was composed several hundred years after the inscription._
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