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Alain Daniélou

| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | death_date = | death_place = Lonay, Switzerland | occupation = Historian, Indologist, musicologist, translator, writer | subject = Culture of India, Hindu studies, Indian classical music, Indian philosophy, Shaivite Hinduism | partner = Raymond Burnier | relatives = Jean Daniélou | website = | notable_works = * ''Introduction to the Study of Musical Scales'' (1943) * ''The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism'' (1964) * ''Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus'' (1979) }}

Alain Daniélou (4 October 1907 – 27 January 1994) was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer and Western convert to and expert on the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.

In 1991, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Provided by Wikipedia