Wendy Doniger Scientist

Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born November 20, 1940) is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include, Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva; Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook; The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology; Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts; and The Rig Veda: An Anthology, 108 Hymns Translated from the Sanskrit.Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and has taught there since 1978.

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Birth date	November 20, 1940
Residence	Chicago
Education	Harvard University University of Oxford Radcliffe College

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doctoral advisor	Robert Charles Zaehner Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr.
doctoral student	Jeffrey J. Kripal
Field of study	Hinduism History of religions Mythology Sanskrit literature