On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduis...

Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who wa...

In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, an...

Many cultures have myths about self-imitation, stories about people who pretend to be someone els...

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society ...

Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum bring together leading scholars from a wide array of discipline...

This collection demonstrates the range of approaches that some of the leading scholars of our day...

This volume comprises papers presented at a conference marking the 50th anniversary of Joachim Wa...

In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, an...

How did Brahma create alluring women, and for what purpose? Why didthe righteous King Bhangashvan...

Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are th...

Whereas many books look at how women's 'bodies' are represented in different religions and cultur...

Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive c...

In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm...

'Don't miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher....

King Harsha, who reigned over the kingdom of Kanauj from 606 to 647 CE, composed two Sanskrit pla...

On Hinduism contains a list of related essays that aim to explore the various concerns that are c...

'This is the story of the contrasting Judaisms that Wendy Doniger's two parents brought from thei...

An esteemed scholar of Hinduism presents a groundbreaking interpretation of ancient Indian texts ...

Elizarenkova, perhaps the greatest living scholar of the Rgveda and certainly its greatest lingui...

According to north Indian legend, there was once a Shah whose daughter was to marry a minister of...

¿Qué ocurre cuando entramos en contacto con historias y mitos de otros pueblos? ¿Qué enriquecimie...

Perché sesso e gioielli sono così spesso correlati? Perché gli anelli si insinuano di continuo ne...

The classic novel of a middle-aged man's affair with a worldly younger woman.

In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm...

While focusing on the central problem of evil, the author illuminates every aspect of Hindu thoug...

The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this...

On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduis...

Elizarenkova, perhaps the greatest living scholar of the Rand certainly its greatest linguist, ex...

The encounter between Muslim and Hindu remains one of the defining issues of South Asian society ...

A new translation of the end of the Mahabharata, depicting the final years of the surviving heroe...

Offers a portrait of India as seen through the eyes of a sensitive, sharp-eyed, and witty young s...

Twenty-two-year-oldWendy Doniger arrived in Calcutta in August 1963, on a scholarship to study Sa...