What is "shankara"

Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to:

• Shiva, the Hindu god
• Adi Shankara, 8th century CE Hindu 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 Bollywood film starring Sunny Deol
• Shankara (2016 film), an upcoming Telugu film

Shankara is a raga in Hindustani classical music.

Shankara is a 1991 Indian Bollywood film directed by Sudarshan Nag and produced by D. Tann. It stars Sunny Deol and Neelam Kothari.

' Shankara ' is an upcoming Telugu film directed by Thathineni Satya Prakash and produced by R.V.Chandramouli Prasad (Kinnu) under the Sri Leela Movies banner and producer K. S. Rama Rao is presenting it. Nara Rohit and Regina Cassandra play the lead roles in this film. It is a remake of the Tamil hit film Mouna Guru.