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PRONUNCIATION OF SANKARA

Sankara  [ˈsænkɑːrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANKARA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sankara is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SANKARA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sankara

Sankara can refer to: ▪ Shiva, whom Hindus, especially Shaivites, worship as supreme God or their Supreme Being ▪ Adi Sankara, Hindu philosopher of roughly 800 CE credited with reviving Hinduism ▪ Thomas Sankara, Marxist revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso ▪ Sankara, a 2006 film ▪ Sankara, a 2013 film ▪ Sankara , the debut film by Sri Lankan film director Prasanna Jayakody ▪ Sankara Eye Foundation, a US-based non-profit working to eradicate curable blindness in India ▪ Sankara, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso ▪ Sankhara, mental formations in Buddhist philosophy ▪ Sankara Stones, magical rocks from the 1984 feature film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ▪ Sankara, a clan from south Indian state of AndhraPradesh, India ▪ Sankara, a rock band from South Wales, UK...

Definition of Sankara in the English dictionary

The definition of Sankara in the dictionary is 8th century ad, Hindu philosopher, the leading exponent of the Vedantic school: noted for his commentaries on the great Hindu texts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SANKARA


antara
ænˈtɑːrə
Ara
ˈɑːrə
caracara
ˌkɑːrəˈkɑːrə
Carrara
kəˈrɑːrə
cascara
kæsˈkɑːrə
chikara
tʃɪˈkɑːrə
chinkara
tʃɪnˈkɑːrə
Ferrara
fəˈrɑːrə
Guadalajara
ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːrə
Guevara
ɡəˈvɑːrə
Lara
ˈlɑːrə
mascara
mæˈskɑːrə
Nara
ˈnɑːrə
para
ˈpɑːrə
Sahara
səˈhɑːrə
samara
səˈmɑːrə
sayonara
ˌsaɪəˈnɑːrə
tiara
tɪˈɑːrə
toxocara
ˌtɒksəˈkɑːrə
vara
ˈvɑːrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANKARA

Sankey
Sankhya
sanko
Sankt Gallen
Sanmicheli
sannop
sannup
sannyasi
sannyasin
sanpan
sanpro
sans
sans serif
sans-culotte
sans-culottism
sans-culottist
Sans.

WORDS THAT END LIKE SANKARA

afara
Ankara
Aymara
carbonara
chara
Che Guevara
Honiara
Kara
mara
Marmara
Niagara
Novara
Nusa Tenggara
Pescara
Santa Clara
satara
Shankara
tara
Vadodara
Western Sahara

Synonyms and antonyms of Sankara in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sankara» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANKARA

Find out the translation of Sankara to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

商羯罗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sankara
570 millions of speakers

English

Sankara
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शंकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سانكارا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Шанкара
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sankara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শঙ্কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sankara
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sankara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sankara
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サンカラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sankara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sankara
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சங்கர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शंकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sankara
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sankara
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sankara
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шанкара
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sankara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Sankara
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sankara
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sankara
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sankara
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sankara

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SANKARA»

The term «Sankara» is regularly used and occupies the 64.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SANKARA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sankara

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANKARA»

Discover the use of Sankara in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sankara and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Postcolonial Francophone Autobiographies: From Africa to the ...
Sankara not only compares the ways in which a wide selection of autobiographies were received locally (as well as in France) but also juxtaposes reception by the colonized and the colonizer to show how different meanings were assigned to ...
Edgard Sankara, 2011
2
A Thousand Teachings The Upadesasahasri Of Sankara
The book brings to light how great and true knowledge is born of intuition, quite different from modern Western method.
Sengaku Mayeda, 2006
3
Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-1987
?The originality of Sankara?s ideas ? along with his awareness of the social and economic realities of his country, his understanding of the international relations of forces ? make this collection a highly useful tool.
Thomas Sankara, 2007
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CLASSICAL MECHANICS
This is followed by the description of Lagrange and Hamilton methods and the special theory of relativity.
K. SANKARA RAO, 2005
5
The Secret Sankara: On Multivocality and Truth in Sankara's ...
This book offers a new perception and reading of one of the most well-known documents of Indian philosophy and theology, Sankara's Brahmasutrabhasya. the author's presentation of the self as a subject free of any trace of (disturbungly ...
Yohanan Grinshpon, 2010
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NUMERICAL METHODS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Primarily written as a textbook, this third edition provides a complete course on numerical methods for undergraduate students in all branches of engineering, postgraduate students in mathematics and physics, and students pursuing courses ...
K. SANKARA RAO, 2007
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Sweet, Gentle, Radiant: Selected Poems of G. Sankara Kurup
This Is An Anthology Of Thirty-Five Poems Of G. In Translation Arranged In Order Of Composition.
Ji Śaṅkarakkuruppā, Bhaskaramenon Krishnakumar, 2001
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A philosophical study of the mysticism of Sankara
In the context of the writings of Śaṅkarācārya.
G. Sundara Ramaiah, 1982
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Advaitic Mysticism of Sankara
Study of the mystic experience (Brahmānubhava) according to Śaṅkarācārya's monistic (Advaita) approach in Hindu Vedanta philosophy.
A. Ramamurti, 1974
10
Operation Research
P. Sankara Iyer is presently Retired Reader in Mathematics at Alagappa University, Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu. After holding the position of a Lecturer in Mathematics at Alagappa College from 1966 to 1981, he became Professor in 1981.
Iyer, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANKARA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sankara is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sankara's widow still seeks truth
Paris - Nearly three decades after the assassination of Burkina Faso's iconic ex-president Thomas Sankara, his widow Mariam is still campaigning to shed full ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
2
Former Burkina leader's wife urges France to help investigate his …
PARIS (Reuters) - The wife of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara on Wednesday called for France to declassify documents related to his death and ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jun 15»
3
Reviving Thomas Sankara's Spirit
Thomas Sankara, who ruled Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, was one of the most riveting leaders of the last half-century. A pan-Africanist, Marxist and gifted ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
4
Burkina Faso Begin the Exhumation of the Grave of Thomas …
A Jacana Pocket Biography: Thomas Sankara The exhumation of 13 graves in Burkina Faso, including what are believed to be the remains of the country's ... «Books LIVE, Jun 15»
5
Bones exhumed from Sankara's Burkina grave
File: Thomas Sankara was a Marxist army captain who seized power in 1983 and implemented radical leftist policies in the former French colony of Upper Volta. «eNCA, May 15»
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Thomas Sankara remains: Burkina Faso begins exhumation
The exhumation of what are believed to be the remains of Burkina Faso's former President Thomas Sankara has begun. Once exhumed they can be formally ... «BBC News, May 15»
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Burkina judge hears complaint of slain ex-leader's widow after 27 …
Ouagadougou (AFP) - Mariam Sankara, the widow of former Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara, on Monday for the first time gave testimony in an inquiry ... «Yahoo News, May 15»
8
BoI elevates R A Sankara Narayanan as executive director
Bank of India has elevated R A Sankara Narayanan as the executive director of the bank. Narayanan had joined the bank as direct recruit officer in 1983. He is a ... «Business Standard, May 15»
9
Thomas Sankara murder 28 years ago at centre of Burkina Faso's …
Sankara is still admired in West Africa for his ideas, such as promoting women, and held up as an example of a leader by a generation of Burkinabe born after ... «Mail & Guardian Africa, Apr 15»
10
Sankara goal sinks Ajax
Bethlehem - Robert Sankara's first half strike was enough to see Free State Stars claim a 1-0 win over Ajax Cape Town at Goble Park on Wednesday night. «Sport24, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sankara [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sankara>. Apr 2024 ».
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