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6, Cranville Road, Sevenoaks. October 23, 1924.
My dear friend,
I hope that by now you have seen Professor Sten Konow and that he has delivered to you my best remembrances.
I am hoping to hear from you before long concering the idea of an uniform edition of the Angas and concerning the idea of a Jain Literary Quarterly. My reason is that I am in communication with a scholar Dr. Charpentier who has edited the Uttaraydhayan Sutra who has the Inatadharmakatha (Nayadhammakaha) ready for printing, so that, if we had the money, we could soon make a beginning; the same friend would also be ready to edit the Quarterly Review (for the Jain Literature Society ) and as he has leisure, we could soon make a beginning of publication. I write to you now because the opportunity is a good one, if you can procure the money ( say £ 200 ) for the first volume: in after years my friend may not be so free.
I hope to write again to you soon. We are still busy printing the Pravacana Sara. Mr. Warren read a paper on Jainism at the recent conference on religion in London.
With kind remembrances to all our friends,
Yours sincerely, F. W. THOMAS www.umaragyanbhandar.com
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
