Wendy Doniger

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Radcliffe_College
gptkbp:awards American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow
American Philosophical Society member
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-11-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Daniel_H._H._Ingalls
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Encyclopedia_of_World_Mythology
gptkb:Oxford_University_Press_series_on_World’s_Religions
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Hinduism
Sanskrit literature
comparative mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wendy Doniger
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Daniel_H._H._Ingalls
gptkb:Mircea_Eliade
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Sanskrit
English
gptkbp:mainInterest mythology
translator
Hindu mythology
comparative religion
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dreams,_Illusion,_and_Other_Realities
gptkb:Hindu_Myths:_A_Sourcebook
gptkb:Siva:_The_Erotic_Ascetic
gptkb:Splitting_the_Difference:_Gender_and_Myth_in_Ancient_Greece_and_India
gptkb:The_Bedtrick:_Tales_of_Sex_and_Masquerade
gptkb:The_Hindus:_An_Alternative_History
gptkb:The_Implied_Spider:_Politics_and_Theology_in_Myth
gptkb:The_Rig_Veda:_An_Anthology
gptkb:The_Ring_of_Truth:_Myths_of_Sex_and_Jewelry
gptkb:The_Woman_Who_Pretended_to_Be_Who_She_Was
gptkb:Women,_Androgynes,_and_Other_Mythical_Beasts
gptkb:The_Laws_of_Manu_(translation)
On Hinduism
The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
Buddhist monk
author
translator
gptkbp:religion atheist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:O'Flaherty_(divorced)
gptkbp:website https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/wendy-doniger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sudhir_Kakar
gptkb:University_of_Chicago_Divinity_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6