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## Introduction to the Qualities
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This was done. Also, it is known that the first main city in the middle of which you sounded the trumpet of the debate was the city called 'Pataliputra', which is now called 'Patna' and which was the capital of Emperor Chandragupta (Maurya). The Kannada historical book called 'Rajavalikathe' also gives this self-introduction of Samantabhadra - the only difference is that it mentions the country called 'Karnat' before Karhatak, as Mr. Lewis Rice states in the preface of his book 'Inscriptions at Shravanabelgola'. But this does not reveal whether all this introduction in Rajavalikathe is only in Kannada or whether the mentioned Sanskrit verse is also mentioned as evidence. If that introduction is only in Kannada, then it is a different matter, and if the Sanskrit verse is also attached to it, which is very likely, then the inclusion of 'Karnat' before Karhatak cannot be done; doing so would break the meter and the mistake would be clearly evident. Yes, it is possible that the third line of the verse is given in it as 'Karnate Karhatake Bahubhate Vidyotkate Sankate'. If this is the case, then this
1 After our speculation, Babu Chhotelalji Jain, M.R.A.S. Calcutta, sent us an incomplete note based on the introduction written by Lewis Rice in 'Karnatak Shabdanusasan'. It gives one and a half verses of Samantabhadra's introduction, and calls it 'Rajavalikathe', of which one verse is 'Kanchyan Namatkoham' and the rest of the half verse is as follows:
Karnate Karhatake Bahubhate Vidyotkate Sankate Vadarth Vijahar Sampradidinam Shardulvikriditam.