Jaina Gazette 1928

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

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THE JAINA GAZETTE Shri Jinkirti and others and Jain philosophical works like Vachakavarya, Sri Umasvati's Tattvartha-dhyansam, etc. To better understand and follow the books she studied Gujrati, Hindi and Rajasthan languages.
Amongst other publications she contributed an article in German concerning a new and interesting old Gujarati Jain version of Panchatatva.
In 1925 Dr. Krause was invited by Mr. Jamsedji E. Saklatwala—a friend of Prof. Hertal and the Krause family to accompany him to India where they landed in October, 1925. During her stay at Bombay, she studied Zoroastrian Literature and Pehlavi religion.
She went to Gujarat and Central Provinces with a view to visit various centres of Jain religion. She first went to Mount Abu to pay her tribute of respect to Itihastattva Mahodadhi Jainacharya Shri Vijay Indra Suri. Here she came in contact with Nyaya Tirtha Nyaya Vicharad Upadhyaya Shri Mangal Vijay, an erudite scholar and an author of various works such as Jaina Tattva Pradip, Tattavakhyana, etc. At Shivapuri, she got an ample opportunity of studying Jainism under the guidance of Muniraj Sri Vidyavijay. She also studied Jain Nyaya, she was struck so much with the excellence, elegance, and truth of the doctrines of Jainism that she determined to adopt some of the vows of Jaina laymen and expressed her desire to Sri Vidyavijay and Shri Vijaya Indra Suri. In a large audience of 5,000 the Vrata-Grahain ceremony was performed and Miss Krause adopted Jainism. Henceforth she took up the study of Jain Dogmatics, Metaphysics, Ethics and Psychology and read the “Oghaniryukt' under Upadhyaya Sri Mangalvijaya.
She undertook a long journey of 600 miles in the company of Jaina Sadhus, and during her tour she took boiled water and vegetarian diet having completely given up eggs, etc., observing fasts and such other practices in accordance with the spirit of Jainism.
Aged 32, she has been taking keen interest in Oriental religion and culture for the last ten years. She has delivered
public lectures in Vernacular on the value of Jain religion and has Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat