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Shankar (name) Sankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss". Shankar is also the name of Hindu god, Lord Shiva (Shiva shankara). The south Indian version of Shankara is sometimes written as "Sankara".
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Sankar (writer)
Mani Shankar Mukherjee (commonly known as ''Sankar'' in both Bengali and English-language literature) is an Indian writer in the Bengali language, who also served as the Sheriff of Kolkata. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal.
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(Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer
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L. Shankar
Lakshminarayana Shankar (born 26 April 1950), better known as L. Shankar, Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian violinist, singer and composer.
Early life, family and education
Shankar was born in Madras, India, and raised in Ceylon (current- ...
, Indian violinist
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S. Shankar
Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963), credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian filmmaker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is one of the most prolific and highest paid film directors in India. His films typicall ...
, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar
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Sankar (writer & director)
Vijayamma Rajappan Sankar, commonly known as Sankar (Malayalam – ശങ്കർ), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, short story writer and novelist who works in Malayalam cinema and literature.
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Sankar was bo ...
, Indian film director, screenwriter, short story writer, and Novelist from Kerala.
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Shankar (actor)
Shankar is an Indian actor who has worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. He acted in nearly 200 films.In the 80s and early 90s he was the most prominent romantc lead actor of Malayalam cinema. Shankar's debut Tamil film '' Oru Thalai Ragam,'' a ...
(Shankar Panicker, born 1960), Indian film actor and director popularly known as Shankar
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Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy () is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. Amongst t ...
, an Indian musical trio which composes music for film soundtracks
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Shankar Roy Chowdhury, protagonist of the ''Chander Pahar'' franchise
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Shankar, Jalandhar
''Shankar'' is a village in the Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.
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Shankar is a large size village that lies on the Nakodar- Jandiala Road. The nearest railway station to this village is Shankar Railway station abo ...
, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India
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Shankar, Iran
Shankar ( fa, شنکر; also known as Shankī) is a village in Ladiz Rural District, in the Central District of Mirjaveh County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
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, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
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Shankar's Virus
Shankar's Virus (also known as W97M.Marker.o) is a polymorphic computer virus that infects Microsoft Word documents and template
Template may refer to:
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Shankar's International Dolls Museum
The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate ent ...
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Shankar's Weekly
''Shankar's Weekly'' was an Indian satirical magazine published between 1948 and 1975. It was founded and run by Keshav Shankar Pillai, a pioneering political cartoonist. The magazine has been compared to the UK's ''Punch''.
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'', a magazine founded by K. Shankar Pillai
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Shankar Party unofficial name given to the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
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Sankar (disambiguation) Sankar generally refers to a Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and may also refer to:
People
* Sankar (writer & director) (V R Sankar, born 1981), Malayalam film director and writer
* Shankar–Ganesh (born 1943), Indian music director duo
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Shankara (disambiguation) Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara, IAST ) can refer to:
*Shiva, the Hindu god
*Adi Shankara, 8th century Hindu philosopher
* K. N. Shankara, Indian space scientist
*Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of maţ ...
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Sankara (disambiguation) Sankara can refer to:
*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'' (2006 film), a 2006 film
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