Leopold von Schroeder (December 24, 1851, Tartu

Tartu

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 - February 8, 1920, Vienna

Vienna

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) was a German

Germany

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 Indologist.

Life

Having worked as lecturer in Indology

Indology

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 since 1882,then as an assistant since 1890, he became professor in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

 in 1896, and, eventually, in Vienna

Vienna

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 from 1899 on. Among his notable achievements is the translation of the Bhagavadgita from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 to German

German language

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. He was also engaged in scientific studies of legends and myths.

Works

• Die Wurzeln der Sage vom Heiligen Gral, Bohmeier Verlag ISBN 978-3-89094-444-9
• Bhagavadgita, Diederichs, 1952
• Bhagavadgita - Aschtavakragita - Indiens heilige Gesänge, Leopold von Schroeder und Heinrich Zimmer, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, 2004, ISBN 3-89631-440-8