Alain Danielou

One of the most distinguished living Orientalists, Alain Danielou was an intimate of Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, and Nabokov, and spent more than 20 years in India studying music and philosophy with eminent pandits of the Hindu tradition. Danielou is the author of Myths and Gods of India ; While the Gods Play ; Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe ; Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation ; The Phallus ; The Complete Kama Sutra and Music and the Power of Sound . He is the...See more

One of the most distinguished living Orientalists, Alain Danielou was an intimate of Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, and Nabokov, and spent more than 20 years in India studying music and philosophy with eminent pandits of the Hindu tradition. Danielou is the author of Myths and Gods of India ; While the Gods Play ; Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe ; Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation ; The Phallus ; The Complete Kama Sutra and Music and the Power of Sound . He is the founder and former director of the International Institute for Comparative Musicology in Berlin, is a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and Officier du Merite National. See less