Abhaya (disambiguation)
Abhaya was king of Upathissa Nuwara from 474 to 454 BCE.
Abhaya means "fearlessness" in Sanskrit and may also refer to:
People with the name
Historical
- Abhaya Malla (died 1255), Malla Dynasty king of Nepal
- Abhaya Naga of Anuradhapura (reigned 237–245 CE)
- Amandagamani Abhaya of Anuradhapura (reigned 21–30 CE)
- Bhatikabhaya Abhaya of Anuradhapura (reigned 20 BCE – 9 CE)
- Dutugamunu (reigned 161–137 BCE), Sri Lankan king also known as Dutthagamani Abhaya
- Valagamba of Anuradhapura (reigned after 103 BCE), also known as Vattagamani Abhaya
Modern
- Sister Abhaya, the victim in the 1992 Sister Abhaya murder case of Kottayam, Kerala
- Abhaya Indrayan (born 1945), Indian biostatistician
- Abhaya Induruwa (born 1950), Sri Lankan computer scientist
- Abhaya Simha (born 1981), Kannada film director
- Abhaya Subba, Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician
Other uses
- Abhayamudra, a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism
- Abhaya School, an Indian school based on the Waldorf curriculum, situated near Hyderabad, India
See also
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