Leopold von Schroeder (December 24, 1851, Tartu – February 8, 1920, Vienna) was an Indologist from the Russian Empire, who later worked in Austria-Hungary.

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.^[1] 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 ("Pythagoras and the Indians") 1884.
• Buddhismus und Christenthum: Zwei öffentliche Vorträge ("Buddhism and Christianity; two public lectures") 1893.
• Mysterium und mimus im Rigveda ("Mystery and mimus in Rigveda") 1908.
• Die Wurzeln der Sage vom heiligen Gral ("The roots of the legend of the Holy Grail") Bohmeier Verlag ISBN 978-3-89094-444-9
• Die Vollendung des Arischen Mysteriums in Bayreuth ("Fulfilment of the Aryan Mystery at Bayreuth"), 1911.
• Bhagavad-gita, des Erhabenen Sang ("Bhagavad-gita, the sublime song"), 1912.
• Arische Religion ("Aryan religion") 1914.
• Bhagavadgita, Diederichs, 1952.
• Bhagavadgita - Aschtavakragita - Indiens heilige Gesänge, Leopold von Schroeder and Heinrich Zimmer, Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, 2004, ISBN 3-89631-440-8