Shankara
Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to:
Shiva, the Hindu god
Adi Shankara, 8th-century Indian philosopher
K. N. Shankara, Indian space scientist
Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries) in the Advaita tradition of Hindu philosophy
Shankara (raga), a raga in Indian classical music
Shankara (1991 film), a 1991 Indian Hindi-language film starring Sunny Deol
Shankara (2016 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
Shankara, Purulia, a census town in West Bengal, India

