Abhaya may refer to:

People with the name

Historical

Abhaya of Upatissa Nuwara Abhaya was king of Upatissa Nuwara (modern-day Sri Lanka) from 474 BC to 454 BC. He succeeded his father Panduvasdeva after being chosen by his siblings as the oldest among them to be the next monarch of Upatissa Nuwara. See also * List of Sri ...

, king of Upathissa Nuwara from 474 to 454 BCE * Abhaya Malla (died 1255), Malla Dynasty king of Nepal *

Abhaya Naga of Anuradhapura Abhaya Naga was King of Anuradhapura in the 3rd century, whose reign lasted from 237 to 245. He succeeded his brother Voharika Tissa as King of Anuradhapura, seizing the throne with assistance from a Tamil army. He was succeeded by his nephew Si ...

(reigned 237–245 CE) *

Amandagamani Abhaya of Anuradhapura Amandagamani Abhaya, also referred as Aḍagamunu, was King of Anuradhapura in the 1st century, whose reign lasted from 21 A.D to 30 A.D. He succeeded his father Mahadathika Mahanaga as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Kani ...

(reigned 21–30 CE) *

Bhatikabhaya Abhaya of Anuradhapura Bhatikabhaya Abhaya was King of Anuradhapura in the 1st century BC, whose reign lasted from 20 BC to 9 AD. He succeeded his father Kutakanna Tissa as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Mahadathika Mahanaga. His reign of 29 ye ...

(reigned 20 BCE9 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 Sister Abhaya (born Beena Thomas; ), a Knanaya Catholic sister, was found dead in a well filled with water in St Pius X Convent in Kottayam on March 27, 1992. Investigation into this death is by far the longest running murder investigation i ...

of Kottayam, Kerala * Abhaya Indrayan (born 1945), Indian biostatistician *

Abhaya Induruwa Abhaya Induruwa ( si, අභය ඉඳුරුව) is the inaugural Professor V K Samaranayake Endowed Professor of Computing, University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka. Having served as the Director of Cyber Innovation Hub he rece ...

(born 1950), Sri Lankan computer scientist * Abhaya Simha (born 1981), Kannada film director *

Abhaya Subba Abhaya Subba ( ne, अभाय सुब्बा) is a Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front woman of the rock band Abhaya & the Steam Injuns. She is a former RJ of Times FM and Hits FM, and is famous for her pro ...

, Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician

Other uses

* ''Abhaya'' (film), a 2017 film * Abhayamudra, a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism * Abhaya: The Legend of Diwali, a book on a princess of fictional city Anagha.