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very short one. Still I hope to meet you once more in or near Gujarat, where I propose to go during Christmas. If you would kindly let me know your whereabouts I should try my utmost to meet you then.
I also want to express my deep gratitude for all your kindness and more especially for the valuable books you gave me (I am particularly glad to have the Jain-Granthmala, a book of utmost importance for every student of Jainism) and for the help you promised me for my edition of the Nemicariu. As regards this latter point, I think it will be best if I write myself to Prof. Hiralal Jain, telling him my wishes and making, if possible, an appointment for a visit to Karanja. I should, however, be very grateful if you would first write to him, mentioning that I would myself write to him later on.
I were only permitted to see the manuscripts at Karanja, I could easily take a photo of them in a few hours as I have done before at Poona. Owing to some new information from Berlin which I got today, I shall have to stay at Allahabad till the beginning of March, so that I shall easily find time for a visit to Karanja. At the same time, this means that I shall almost certainly come to Shivpuri in January or February.
I should have tried to write in Hindi or Urdu, but I am 'very busy at present, so that it would have taken me too much time.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
I remain
Yours very gratefully,
L. ALSDORF. www.umaragyanbhandar.com
