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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
Dr. JOHN NOBEL Marburg, Germany.
Berlin, 30 Dec. 1925
Dear Sir,
I thank you very much for having sent me the Dharmadīpikā. I have great admiration for Hemcandra who surely was on the learned men in India. The commentary is written in such a way that the text of the Sūtras is made very clear. The index are carefully prepared and are therefore very useful for the student.
I am surprised to heard form you that Miss Krause is in India. It seen therefore to be possible again for a German to get a passport for India. I hope that later on I would spend some years in India. However, it be necessary for me to find any source of appointment perhaps as a teacher at a university or another institute. Before three years, I had written in this matter to Sir Rabindra Nath Tagore. He had sent me a very kind letter stating his willingness to give me an occasion for teaching in Shantiniketan. But there was that time no possibility for a German to go to India. I hope that I can realise my purpose latter on.
As regards Jaina literature and religion I have read many texts and hope that I shall find occasion and time to publish or to collect on the numberous Jaina manuscripts of our library
Yours very faithfully
John Nobel
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