Shankara
Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST śaṅkara) 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
 
See also
- Sankara (disambiguation)
 - Sankar (disambiguation)
 - Shankar (disambiguation)
 - Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia, 1990 album by Ram Narayan