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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, Indian violinist
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S. Shankar, 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 b ...
, 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,'' ...
(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. Amongs ...
, an Indian musical trio which composes music for film soundtracks
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Shankar Roy Chowdhury
General Shankar Roychowdhury is a former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, and a former member of the Indian Parliament.
Early life
General Roychowdhury was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India into the Zamindar family of Taki (India ...
, 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 abou ...
, 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
Mirjaveh County ( fa, شهرستان میرجاوه) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital ...
, 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 templates. It was discovered on 3 June 1999.
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The virus may have originated as a program initially intended to b ...
, a computer virus that infects Word documents
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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 e ...
, New Delhi
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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)
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Shankara (disambiguation)
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Sankara (disambiguation)
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