Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to:
Religion Shiva, a Hindu deity
People Shankar (name) Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist and composer Shankar (actor), Indian actor Shankar (Tamil militant), Tamil rebel Shankar (cartoonist), Indian cartoonist Shankar (writer), Indian writer Shankar–Ganesh, an Indian music director duo who worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India from 1992 to 1997 K. Shankar, Indian film director, screenwriter and editor S. Shankar or Shankar, Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter Shankar, fictional protagonist of the 1998 Indian film Gunda portrayed by Mithun Chakraborty
Places Shankar, Jalandhar, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India Shankar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Shankar Vihar, neighborhood of Delhi, India Shankar Vihar metro station
See also
Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi Shankar's Weekly, a magazine founded by K. Shankar Pillai Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya Shankar Guru (disambiguation) Sankar (disambiguation) Shankara (disambiguation) Shanker, a surname Sankara (disambiguation) Shenkar (disambiguation) Shankari (disambiguation)