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them. In the meantime pray accept our highest personal regards,
Yours sincerely, St. NIHAL SINGH
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Staff Quarters, Mysore,
October 5, 1930. My Vernerable friend,
I am grateful for your letters. Your Shishya in Calcutta sent me the book and pamphlets that you had kindly asked him to forward. Many thanks. I shall write to him at the first opportunity to express my indebtedness to him.
Dr. Subhadradevi was present at the address I delivered in opening the Jain-Conference on the 3rd inst. She appears to bave been surprised that I could tell the Jainas a thing or two about their past which they did not know. Some of the Professors who attended the meeting spoke to me in the same strain.
You may remember that I spoke to you about the need of some one learned in the Jaina lore devoting himself assiduously to compiling a complete history of the rise and spread of the culture. I hope that you will take my suggestion seriously and set to work persons with the necessary qualifications.
I am anxious that the Jainas should have as brilliant a future as they have had a past. I therefore took the opportunity to call attention to some matters in respect of which Jaipas need, in my estimation, to get themselves right. Dr. Subhadradevi is, I believe, sending you a translation of my address and I shall be glad to know what you think of the
suggestions I put forward. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
