Leopold von Schroeder
Leopold von Schroeder was a German Indologist.
He studied at the universities of Dorpat, Jena and Tübingen. Having worked as lecturer in Indology at Dorpat since 1882, then as an assistant professor since 1890, he became a professor at Innsbruck in 1896, and, eventually, at the University of Vienna from 1899 onward. Among his notable achievements is the translation of the Bhagavadgita from Sanskrit to German. He was also engaged in scientific studies of legends and myths.Works
- Pythagoras und die Inder 1884.
- Buddhismus und Christenthum: Zwei öffentliche Vorträge 1893.
- Mysterium und mimus im Rigveda 1908.
- Die Wurzeln der Sage vom heiligen Gral Bohmeier Verlag
- Die Vollendung des Arischen Mysteriums in Bayreuth, 1911.
- Bhagavad-gita, des Erhabenen Sang, 1912.
- Arische Religion 1914.
- Bhagavadgita, Diederichs, 1952.
- Bhagavadgita - Aschtavakragita - Indiens heilige Gesänge, Leopold von Schroeder and Heinrich Zimmer, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, 2004,
