Devdutt Pattanaik (Bombay, 12 marzo1957) è uno storico e saggistaindiano.
È noto per i suoi libri sulla storia sacra dell'induismo e sulle leggende, il foclore, le fiabe e le parabole indiane, mantenendosi soprattutto sull'area della religione e della mitologia, come Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata e Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana. Pattanaik ha incorporato il Mahābhārata e il Ramayana nella gestione delle risorse umane.
Opere
Mitologia
Shiva: An Introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 1997. ISBN978-81-8462-013-9.
Vishnu: An Introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 1999. ISBN81-87111-12-7.
Devi, The Mother-Goddess: An Introduction. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons Ltd., 2000. ISBN978-81-87111-91-7.
The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine. Inner Traditions/ Bear & Company, 2000. ISBN978-0-89281-807-5.
Hanuman: An Introduction. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 2001. ISBN978-81-87111-94-8.
The Man Who Was A Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore. Harrington Park Press, 2002. ISBN1560231815.
Fun in Devlok: Saraswati's Secret River. Puffin India, 2011. ISBN9780143331964.
Fun in Devlok: Shiva Plays Dumb Charades. Puffin India, 2011. ISBN9780143331698.
Fun in Devlok Omnibus. Puffin India, 2014. ISBN9780143333449. – Reprint (Compilation)
Pashu: Animal Tales from Hindu Mythology. Penguin Books India, 2014. ISBN9780143332473.
The Girl Who Chose: A New Way of Narrating the Ramayana. Puffin Books, 2016. ISBN9780143334637.
The Jaya Colouring Book. Penguin Random House India, 2016. ISBN9780143426479.
The Sita Colouring Book. Penguin Random House India, 2016. ISBN9780143426462.
The Boys Who Fought: The Mahabharata for Children. Puffin, 2017 ISBN9789386815873.
Vahana: Gods and Their Favourite Animals - Rupa Publications India, 2020 ISBN978-9390356065.
Prefazione
Celebrating Public Spaces of India. Mapin Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-9385360084.
I Am Divine. So Are You: How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the Dignity of Queer Identities and Sexualities. Harper Collins, 2017 ISBN9789352774869.
Padmavat: An Epic Love Story. Rupa Publications, 2018. ISBN978-9353040239.
Behold, I Make All Things New: How Judaism, Christianity and Islam affirm the dignity of queer identities and sexualities. Harper Collins, 2019 ISBN9789353574550.
Co-autore
Yoga Mythology: 64 Asanas and Their Stories – Publisher: Harper Collins, 2019 ISBN978-9353570842.
Aranyaka: Book of the Forest – Publisher: Westland, 2019 ISBN978-9388754576.