Book Title: Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1915 Book 11 Jain Itihas Sahitya Ank
Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference
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Shri Jain Conference Herald.
bhadra copies verbatim long passages from Siddhasena's Tika, which proves that the latter was already regarded as a standard work from which it was therefore allowed to take over large passages.) Hence Haribhadra must have lived con. siderably later than Vira 1025 the traditional date of his death.
Dr. Belloni-Filippi writes that he will be glad to have another Ms. of the Yogasastra. His address is
Dr. F. Belloni-Filippi, Pisa, via Solferino 23. (Italy. )
By the same mail I send a copy of my (German) Trans. lation and explanation of the Tattvarthadhigana.
With kind regards, I am yours sincerely,
H. JACOBI.
Bhavnagar 7/6/07. DEAR Sir,
I am collecting information for replying your two letters respectively dated the 14th Novr. and 7th Decr. 1906. I am sorry owing to my various engagements I could not write earlier. By the end of next month I hope to be able to write finally on the subject of the date of Haribhadra. This mail I send you a copy of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Parva of Shri Trishashthi Shalaka Purusha bharitra-published by the Jain Dharma Prasarka Sabha.
To day I write to you' on a different subject. You ask my friend Mr. Keshavlal Premchand Mody of Ahmedabad to send you the following information.
“Now I have a favour to ask you. By and by I have become acquainted with some of your correligiouists, but I have no knowledge of your community. I should be much obliged to you for information; who are the principal men in it, what is the name of the 1899, who are its beads and what are the principal places where they have Upashrayas and who are the laymen ( 19 ) of importance or are there more eggs concerned in our work? who are interested in the publication of Jain Books ? It is not from curiosity that I ask this question,
