Devendra
This article is about the name. For the spider genus, see Devendra (spider). For the deity, see Indra.
Devendra is a common Indian masculine given name. It comes from Sanskrit देवेन्द्र devendra 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the Vedic god Indra as well as the Hindu god Shiva.[1]
A list of persons with the name
- Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician
- Devendra Bishoo, West Indies cricketer
- Devendra Fadnavis, Indian politician
- Devendra Goel, Indian filmmaker
- Devendra Jhajharia, Indian javelin thrower
- Devendra Pandey, an Indian politician who is best known for hijacking an airplane alongside his brother Bholanath in 1978
- Devendra Prabhudesai, Indian biographer
- Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academic
- Debendra Prasad Ghosh, Bengali writer
- Devendra Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
- Dev Alahan, a fictional character in ITV soap Coronation Street
See also
- All pages with titles containing Devendra
References
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