Hindu Myths

Author(s): Wendy Doniger

Ancient History/Mythology

Presents seventy-five seminal myths which feature the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys.

General Information

  • : 9780140449907
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : Penguin Character Books Ltd
  • : 0.256
  • : 24 June 2004
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Wendy Doniger
  • : Paperback
  • : 294.513
  • : 368

More About The Product

Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and the translator of numerous Sanskrit texts including the Laws of Manu, and Kamasutra. Wendy Doniger holds doctoral degrees in Indian literature from Harvard and Oxford Universities and is the Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Her publications include The Rig Veda and The Laws of Manu for the Penguin Classics, and the acclaimed Kama Sutra for OUP.

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