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whether the views are accepted or not by the European Scholars; but they may be suggestive to you and others who are so seriously engaged in the study of oriental religions, thought and literature. ... When closing this letter, I shall ask of you something as a true friend of yours but at this point too, I shall urge to direct your attention to the fact that, Jainism is pre-Vedic and see if you can do something in this connection as well as you have done in connection with Indian philosophy. ( I know it for certain from your published and unpublished writings that, as regards priority of some of the Jain philosophical principles to which I have given expression above, I am at one with you; and by your published writings you have done much to make the views accepted beyond the Jaina circle). I shall close this point with the simple remark that, the language and the religion of the original Jaina Agamas are not posterior to the language and religion of the Vedas as we have them now. Tradition attributes their present form and their division into Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva to Krishna Dvaipayan Vyas, the reputed author of the Puranas and therefore can not be very much older than our last Tirthankar Mahavira. I am of opinion that, the date of composition of any work in India can not be conclusively
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