Devendra

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

References

  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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