Shankara

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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

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