Walther Eidlitz (1892 – 1976), also known asVamandas (Vāmana dāsa) andVimala-Krishna Vidyavinoda Dasa, was anAustrian writer, poet,Indologist and historian of religion.

Eidlitz was born in Vienna. In pursuance of his religious and philosophical interest he left his family in Austria in 1938 and traveled toIndia. He spent time in an internment camp inIndia during theSecond World War, where he was converted to Hinduism by GermanbhaktaSadananda Das. Eidlitz was initiated intoGaudiya Vaishnavism by SwamiBhakti Hridaya Bon. He moved to Sweden in 1946. In 1975 he received an honorary doctoral degree fromLund University. He has written about his spiritual journey in his autobiography,^[1] but his main work isKṛṣṇa-Caitanya, The Hidden Treasure of India: His Life and His Teachings (originally in GermanKṛṣṇa-Caitanya, Sein Leben und Seine Lehre). He died inVaxholm.

In German

• Walther Eidlitz Hölderlin: Szenen aus einem Schicksal. — Berlin: Reiß, 1917. — 69 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Der goldene Wind. — Berlin: Reiß, 1918. — 79 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Der junge Gina. — Berlin: Reiß, 1919. — 140 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Die Herbstvögel. — Berlin: Rowohlt, 1921. — 94 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Bettina. — Berlin: Wir Verlag, 1922. — 13 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Der Berg in der Wüste. — Wien: E. P. Tal & Co, 1923. — 63 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Die Laufbahn der jungen Clothilde. — Wien: P. Zsolnay, 1924. — 185 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Die Gewaltigen: Novellen aus drei Jahrtausenden. — Wien: P. Zsolnay, 1926. — 203 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Kampf im Zwielicht: Eine Dichtung. — Wien: P. Zsolnay, 1928. — 55 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Zodiak. — Wien: P. Zsolnay, 1930. — 384 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Das Licht der Welt. — Wien: Zsolnay, 1932. — 271 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Reise nach den vier Winden: auf den Spuren der Weltgeschichte. — Braunschweig: Wollermann, 1935. — 216 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Der Mantel der großen Mutter: Eine Wanderung durch die nordische Welt. — Braunschweig: Wollermann, 1937. — 141 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Bhakta: Eine indische Odyssee. — Hamburg: Claassen, 1951. — 266 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Die indische Gottes-Liebe. — Olten:Walter Verlag, 1955. — 340 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Die unverhüllte Bhakti. — Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1957. — 79 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Der Glaube und die heiligen Schriften der Inder. — Olten: Walter Verlag, 1957. — 307 p.
• Walther EidlitzKṛṣṇa-Caitanya: Sein Leben und Seine Lehre. — Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1968. — 561 p. — (Stockholm studies in comparative religion).
• Walther EidlitzDer Sinn des Lebens: der indische Weg zur liebenden Hingabe. — Olten: Walter Verlag, 1974. — 191 p. —ISBN 3-530-18900-6

In English

• Walther Eidlitz Unknown India: A pilgrimage into a forgotten world. — 1st ed. — London: Rider, 1952. — 192 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Journey to Unknown India. — Mandala Publishing, 1998. — 194 p. —ISBN 1-886069-22-0
• Walther Eidlitz Journey to Unknown India. — Mandala Publishing, 2004. — 208 p. —ISBN 1-886069-22-0
• Walther EidlitzKrishna-Caitanya, His Life and His Teachings. —ISBN 9789 1981 318 19
• Walther EidlitzThe Meaning of Life in the Indian World of Thought — pdf © Kid Samuelsson, 2008

In Swedish

• Walther Eidlitz Vindrosen runt. — Stockholm: Norstedt, 1935. — 234 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Den glömda världen: en bok om det okända Indien / övers. av Karin Granstedt. — Stockholm: Norstedt & söner, 1948. — 229 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Krishnas leende: En bok om indisk gudshängivenhet / Övers. från det tyska ms. av Elin Lagerkvist; Günther Eidlitz. — Stockholm:Natur & Kultur, 1955. — 216 p.
• Walther Eidlitz Indisk mystik. — Stockholm: Bonnier, 1952. — 56 p. — (Studentföreningen Verdandis småskrifter; Nr. 526).
• Walther Eidlitz Indisk mystik / Övers. från förf. tyska ms. och från sanskrittexterna av Ann-Mari Henschen. — 2. uppl. — Stockholm: Bonnier, 1956. — 56 p. — (Studentföreningen Verdandis småskrifter; Nr. 526).
• Walther Eidlitz Livets mening och mål i indisk tankevärld / Övers. av Sigvard Sjögren. — Stockholm: Aldus/Bonnier, 1972. — 181 p. — (Aldusserien). —ISBN 91-0-037942-5
• Walther Eidlitz Den glömda världen: om hinduism och meditation / övers.: Karin Granstedt och Sigvard Sjögren. — Stockholm: Askild & Kärnekull, 1972. — 207 p. —ISBN 91-7008-224-3
• Walther Eidlitz Guds lek: om indisk gudsuppenbarelse / Svensk övers.: Sigvard Sjögren. Red.: Günther Eidlitz. — Stockholm:Natur & Kultur, 1976. — 254 p. — (Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis). —ISBN 91-27-00306-X
• Walther Eidlitz Krishnas flöjt: dikter ur den indiska orduppenbarelsen / i urval och övers. från Sanskrit av Walther Eidlitz. — Stockholm: Tiden, 1976. — 71 p. —ISBN 91-550-2093-3
• Walther EidlitzKrishna-Caitanya, Indiens dolda skatt, Hans liv och Hans lära, 2013. Sthlms Universitet, 1968. — 587 p.

In Russian

• Вальтер Айдлиц Путешествие в неизвестную Индию. — М.: Философская книга, 2001. — 232 с. —ISBN 5-8205-0043-1

• Gaudiya religious leaders
• Converts to Hinduism
• German Hindus
• 20th-century Austrian poets
• Austrian male poets
• Austrian male dramatists and playwrights
• Austrian Indologists
• 1976 deaths
• 1892 births
• 20th-century Austrian dramatists and playwrights
• 20th-century Austrian male writers