Kamala Sankrityayan (née Pariyar; 15 August 1930 – 25 October 2009) was a 20th century Indian writer, editor and scholar of Hindi and Nepali literature.

She was awarded a doctorate from Agra University, and was married to historian Rahul Sankrityayan.

She also wrote books like The Ramayana Tradition in Asia, Mahamanav Mahapandit, Prabha, Nepali Sahitya, Rahul Sankrityayan, and others.

She was honoured with Bhanu Puraskar in 1982 and Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award in 1993, for her creation and compile of essays Bichar Tatha Biwechana.

She has contributed 13 different Hindi and Nepali books and more than 500 piece of writing on her credits, equally responsible for the creation of Indian Literature Encyclopedia.