Swami Agehananda Bharati (Sanskrit: अगेहानन्द भारती, romanized: Svamī Agehānanda Bhāratī; Vienna, April 20, 1923 – New York, May 14, 1991) was the monastic name of Leopold Fischer, professor of anthropology at Syracuse University for over 30 years.
Growing up, he joined the Indian Club and began to study Hindi and classical Sanskrit, which led to his decision to become an Indologist.
He managed to go to Hawaii, Britain, Michigan, Soviet Union, Germany, and Ireland for research and as a visiting professor.
(Contemporary Authors, 2003) Agehananda Bharati died on May 14, 1991, of cancer at the age of 68, in a friend's house in Pittsford, New York.
By the time he died, Bharati had over 500 published works, including an autobiography called The Ochre Robe.