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which forms the frame story of 1697954 had not yet been discovered in India. I am convinced that the wbole romance of the "Seven Sages" goes back to some Jain book and I hope that it will be detected some day in on of your inexhaustible libraries.
With the most respectful TTHETIT I am, my dear and venerable Muniraj Indravijayji, yours,
Always respectfully and thankfully,
Prof. JOHANNES HERTEL
Please continue writing letters to me in Gujarati. I understand them very well, though I am not yet able to read books as Samaldas Sukasaptati without difficulty.
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Leipzig, Germany Grimmaiche Strasse 32, October 21th, 1921.
My dear and venerable Upadhyaya Indravijayaji:
I was just going to reply to your Hindi and to your first Gujarati letter, when your second Gujarati letter dated 9/10/1921 arrived. The joy which I am always feeling in receiving a letter from you, was changed into deepest grief and dismay, when I had read it and learned from it the bad state of health, which has befalled His Holiness your Guru Maharajshri, whom I love and admire as I do only very few other men in this world. I at once took your letter and your doctor's Medical History-Sheet to the best doctor for internal
diseases whom I know, to Dr. Hans Eichler, whom I am Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
ami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
