Sankara

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Sankara can refer to:

  • Shiva, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being
  • Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy
  • Adi Sankara, Hindu philosopher of roughly 800 CE credited with reviving Hinduism
  • Thomas Sankara (1949-1987), leader of Burkina Faso
  • Sankara Stones, magical rocks from the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Sankara (Introspection), the debut film by Sri Lankan film director Prasanna Jayakody