Sankara can refer to:
People
edit- Danladi Abdullahi Sankara (born 1954), Nigerian politician and senator
- Mariam Sankara (born 1953), First Lady of Burkina Faso, widow of Thomas Sankara
- Thomas Sankara (1949–1987), Marxist revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso (from 1983–1987)
- Adi Shankara (788–820), Hindu philosopher credited with reviving Hinduism
- Shiva, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being
Films
edit- 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
edit- Sankara, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso
- Sankara Eye Foundation, 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
- Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy
See also
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