Jaina Gazette 1928

Author(s): Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office

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THE JAINA GAZETTE
VOL. XXIV.) MADRAS
WHOLE No. 1. § JANUARY 1928. ? No. 271
MISS SUBHADRA DEVI, Ph. D. SISTER Subhadra Devi alias Dr. Charlotte Krause the only
daughter of Mrs. Anne Krause and Mr. Herman Krause--a wholesale merchant, was born on 18th May, 1895, in Halle on the river Saale (in Central Germany). She joined the elementary school at the age of six at Dobriluck. In her later life she learnt French, English, German, Latin, higher Mathematics, Science, etc. She also studied Greek and the elements of Hebrew privately. She went to Marbing (in Hessen) and took up Chemistry, German Literature and Philosophy as her subjects. In 1917 she devoted herself to the study of Sanskrit under Prof. Dr. Richard Garbe—an expert in Sankhya and Yoga systems of Philosophy. After having grasped the elements of Sanskrit, Miss Krause gave off the scientific studies and confined herself completely to Philological Researches. She passed her Ph. D. Examination, after submitting a thesis on Middle High German literature.
She studied some of the master pieces of Vedic and Sanskrit literature such as important hymns of the Vedas, Upanishads, Brahmanas and great epics and several pieces of Maha Kavyas and dramatical literature.
Dr. Hertel's enthusiasm for Jain literature inspired Dr. Krause and directed her attention and sympathy towards Jainism and its vast literature. Hence she began to study some of the excellent works of Kalikalsarvagna Sri Hem Chandracharya, poetical and prose Kathavakas and Charitras of Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat