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looked at. My book on "Mahavira's Sayings" I shall bring with me for your use with the help of Miss Krause to whom please say my kind regards,
Yours sincerely, W. SCHUBRING
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Hamburg 13, 25th September 1928.
My dear Friend, Acharya Maharajaji,
It is long time that you did not hear from me directly. After an exceedingly instructive and most interesting journey, made with one head but two hats, I left India on Feb. 19th and safely returned home where I found all well. People were of course very eager to learn what I had experienced, and so I had more than one occasion to report on my journey and the kindness of my Jain friends. I do not intend to publish a special work about my Indian experiences, as there are plenty of books like that, good and bad ones. But what I have seen and learnt will occur in my further publications and lectures in its proper place. It will be due to the help of all of you if my studies will prove to be fruitful. From your letter dated 4th July, I understand that your headquarters are at present at Akola. Now a pupil of mine, Dr. Alsdorf, is going to prepare an edition of Pushpadanta's Mahapurana in Apabhramsha. From the Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Central Province and Berar prepared by Rai Bahadur Hiralal, I learn that there are some Mss. important for that purpose preserved in the Balātkār Gan and. Sen gan Jain Mandirs, respectively, at Karanja, (C. P.) They are:
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
