Wendy Doniger
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Wendy Doniger holds two doctorates in Sanskrit and Indian studies from Harvard and Oxford. She is the author of several translations of Sanskrit texts and many books about Hinduism and has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is currently the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School, the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the Committee on Social Thought. She has taught at the University of Chicago since 1978. Much of her work is focused on translating, interpreting and comparing elements of Hindu mythology.
Dreams, illusion, and other realities | Dreams, illusion, and other realities / | Hinduism | On Hinduism / | Other peoples’ myths : | Pluralism and democracy in India : | Splitting the difference : | SÌiva, the erotic ascetic / | Textual sources for the study of Hinduism / | The Hindus : | The origins of evil in Hindu mythology / | The origins of evil in Hindu mythology. | The woman who pretended to be who she was : | Women, androgynes, and other mythical beasts /