Shankar

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Shankar may refer to:

[edit] People

Shankar is a common name in India. It generally refers to:

• Shiva, Hindu god who is referred to by many names
• Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher (guru) of around the ninth century

Shankar is also the given name or family name of the following individuals:

• Members of the family of Indian musicians/dancers of whom the most well known are
  • Uday Shankar, classical dancer
  • Ravi Shankar, sitar player
  • Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (Norah Jones), American singer-songwriter
  • Anoushka Shankar
  • Ananda Shankar
  • Mamata Shankar
  • Abhinav Shanker
• Shankar (actor) an Indian actor
• Colonel Shankar, the nom de guerre of Vaithilingam Sornalingam of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
• Shankar Mahadevan, singer and part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy music-director trio
• Shankar, part of the Shankar Jaikishan music-director duo
• K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), Indian cartoonist
  • Shankar's Weekly, a magazine founded by him
  • Shankar's International Dolls Museum, New Delhi
• L. Shankar, Indian violinist
• Mani Shankar Mukherjee, Bengali writer popularly known as Shankar
• Mani Shankar, Indian film-maker
• Ravi Shankar (poet), poet and faculty member of Central Connecticut State University
• S. Shankar, Tamil film director
• Pushkar Shanker, Political Analysts
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movement
• Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
• Shankar Lamichhane, Nepalese Essayist
• Shankar Narayanan, Top Businessman of Kumbakonam.

The name "Shankar" exists in the Sanskrit language and is not related to the colloquial Tamil word "Sankar" which means cyclone.

[edit] Places

• Shankar, Ludhiana, Village located in Ludhiana, Punjab
• Shankar, Nakodar, Village located in Jallandhar, Punjab
• Shankar Tripathi, Moscow

[edit] Technology

• Shankar's Virus, a computer virus that infects word documents

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