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