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Dr. Charlotte Krause: Her Life & Literature
desire to augment her knowledge she has learned, under Prof. Garbe at Tubingen, the elements of Samskṛta and when I began my lectures at Leipzig, she was one of the students to whom I expounded and so made was 'Kathāsaritsāgara'. During this lecture she took so vivid an interest in Samskṛta literature, that she declared to me her intention to devote herself in future wholly to Samskṛta studies, she has an excellent memory and a vary keen intellect and her progress is quite astonishing. If she is continuing in the same manner, I have no doubt she will do good service to Jaina literature. As she is dwelling now in my family, she has the free use of my books and of my manuscripts, and she has already began to study the Gujarati language. I explained to her my views on Jaina literature, and she has intention to devote herself not only to the study of Jaina Samskṛta and vernacular literature.
So you see that even in these extremely sad days Samskṛta studies are not quite desolate at our university, and that I have here even two very promising young scholars to whom I am very glad to point out the importance of Jaina studies.
But I should like much better your sending me in exchange some books I need very urgently and which I can not otherwise procure for my use there are :
I require this book as I write to teach Miss Krause (mentioned before above) the elements of Gujarati. This book is for this aim much more useful than any other, as it contains the text in modern Gujarati as well as in ancient Gujarati both metrical and prose. I should be able to teach this language to Miss Krause who as I told you before, is a very promising scholar and who has declared to me that she eagerly desires to work in the direction of Jaina Samskṛta and Gujarati literature.
With the most respectful thank, I am my dear and venerable Muniraj Indervijayaji.
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Yours, Always respectfully and thankfully
Prof. Johannes Hertel
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