Devendra

{{Short description|Sanskrit epithet and masculine name}}

{{About|the name|the spider genus|Devendra (spider)|the deity|Indra}}

Sculpture of [[Indra at Hoysaleshwara Temple|thumb]]

Devendra ({{Langx|sa|देवेन्द्र|translit=Devendra}}) is a common Indian masculine given name. It comes from Sanskrit {{IAST|devendra}} 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the Vedic god Indra.{{MWSD}}

Notable people with the name include:

• Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician
• Devendra Bishoo, West Indies cricketer
• Devendra Fadnavis, Indian politician
• Devendra Goel, Indian filmmaker
• Devendra Jhajharia, Indian javelin thrower
• Devendra Kumar Joshi, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
• Devendra Pandey, Indian politician who is best known for hijacking an airplane in 1978
• Devendra Prabhudesai, Indian biographer
• Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academic
• Debendra Prasad Ghosh, Indian writer
• Devendra Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
• Devendra Singh (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dev Alahan, a fictional character in ITV soap Coronation Street