Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to:

People
Shankar (name)

Places 
Shankar, Jalandhar, a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India
Shankar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

See also 
Shankar's Virus, a computer virus that infects Word documents
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
 Sankar (disambiguation)
 Shankara (disambiguation)
 Sankara (disambiguation)