Sankara can refer to:
People Adi Shankara (788–820), Hindu philosopher credited with reviving Hinduism 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) Sankara Karamoko (born 2003), Ivorian footballer
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 Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy 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 Shiva, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being
See also Sankar (disambiguation) Shankara (disambiguation) Shankar (disambiguation)