Teacher of Humanity

Author(s): C S Mallinath
Publisher: Pulchandji Ved

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honorary member. The European scholars just, as those of India, are obliged to him very much.
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Dr. W. KIRFEL, (Bonn. Germany).
As the first Italian Sanskrit scholar, who wrote a biographical sketch of the great Jaina Acharya, whose loss we now lament, may I be allowed to remember his extraordinary personality as a monk, writer and propagandist. His many-sided qualities entitled him to the highest place amongst the entire Jaina community of India. As a scholar, he can be regarded as the true mediator between the Jaina thought and the West.
Dr. F. BELLONI FILIPPI, Pisa, Italy.
It was for me a matter of sincere grief to hear the sad tidings of the passing away of your revered Guru Maharaj, Shri Vijaya Dharma Suri. Although I never had the opportunity of meeting him, I was able, in the course of a friendly correspondence, to appreciate his profound learning, lofty spirit and kindness of heart.
DR. L. FINOT,
Hanoi, (Indo-China).