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[edit]

• Sankara (disambiguation)
• Sankar (disambiguation)
• Shankar (disambiguation)
• Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia, 1990 album by Ram Narayan