# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wendy-doniger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:57:33.524Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wendy-doniger"
name: "Wendy Doniger"
slug: "wendy-doniger"
description: "Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include The Hindus: An Alternative History; 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."
tagline: "American Indologist (born 1940)"
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birthDate: "1940-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump