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Metrics was at a time a favorite study of mine. But now I have turned to Apabhramsa Jain texts and to Buddhist Apabhramsa remains. As to the latter Professor Shahidullah of the University of Dacca (a Mohammedan, who last year was my pupil here at Freiburg) has brought out lately in Paris the mystic poem of two Buddhist authors which are written in the Apabhramsa language. Unfortunately Shahidullah's book is written in french. But just now a young German scholar, Dr. Ludwig Alsdorf whose visit I expect in the next days has published a beautiful book on Apabbramsa tales of the Jain literature and this book I am glad to say is in German. I hope that Dr. Alsdorf will some day be able to visit India. He is very promising scholar. I am yours very truly,
ERNEST LEUMANN
Daniel Levi Ex-Ambassador to French Govt. in India
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Bombay,
Sept. 20th, 1924. Dear Sir,
I have been requested some months ago by Mousier Sylvain Levi, Professor an College de France, Paris, my father, to send Rs. 25/— for the Vijaya Dharma Memorial
on his behalf. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
