Sankara can refer to:
People
*
Danladi Abdullahi Sankara
Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (born 25 November 1954) is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing the Jigawa North-West senatorial district from 2011 to 2015 and from 2019 to 2023. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress. ...
(born 1954), Nigerian politician and senator
*
Mariam Sankara
Mariam Sankara (, née Sereme, born 26 March 1953) is the widow of Thomas Sankara, the President of Burkina Faso (previously named Upper Volta) from 4 August 1983 until his assassination on 15 October 1987. During this time, she was First Lady o ...
(born 1953), First Lady of Burkina Faso, widow of Thomas Sankara
*
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983, following his takeover in a coup, until ...
(1949–1987), Marxist revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso (from 1983–1987)
*
Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (, ), was an Indian Vedanga, Vedic scholar, Hindu philosophy, philosopher and teacher (''acharya'') of Advaita Vedanta. Reliable information on Shankara's actual life is scant, and h ...
(788–820), Hindu philosopher credited with reviving Hinduism
*
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being
Films
*
''Sankara'' (2007 film), a Sri Lankan film directed by Prasanna Jayakody
*
''Shankara'' (2016 film), a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action film by Tatineni Satya
Other
*
Sankara, Burkina Faso
Sankara, Burkina Faso is a village in the Tiéfora Department of Comoé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 891. , a village in Burkina Faso
*
Sankara Eye Foundation
Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) USA is a US-based non-profit organization that works toward eliminating curable blindness in India. SEF is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization.
Beginning
Founded in 1998 by Murali Krishnamurthy, K. Sridharan ...
, a US-based non-profit working to eradicate curable blindness in India
* Sankara Stones, magical rocks from the 1984 feature film ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on a story by George Lucas. It is the second installment in the Indiana Jone ...
''
*
Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy
See also
*
Sankar (disambiguation) Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to:
People
* Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo
* Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee, born 1933), Bengali author
* Beni Sankar (born 1948), Guyanes ...
*
Shankara (disambiguation)
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 ma ...
*
Shankar (disambiguation)
Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to:
People
*Shankar (name)
**Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist and composer
**Shankar (actor), Indian actor
** Shankar (Tamil militant), Tamil rebel
** Shank ...
{{disambiguation, surname