Abhaya may refer to:

People with the name

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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. He was succeeded by his ...

, king of Upathissa Nuwara from 474 to 454 BCE *

Abhaya Malla Abhaya Malla () was the second Malla king of Nepal and a son of Aridev Malla. He succeeded his father in 1216 and died during the 1255 earthquake which wiped out a third of the population of the Kathmandu Valley.Abhaya Naga of Anuradhapura Abhaya Naga was King of Anuradhapura in the 3rd century, whose reign lasted from 237 to 244. 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 ...

(reigned 237–245 CE) * Amandagamani Abhaya of Anuradhapura (reigned 21–30 CE) * Bhatikabhaya Abhaya of Anuradhapura (reigned 20 BCE9 CE) *

Dutugamunu Dutugamunu (, ), also known as Duṭṭhagāmaṇī Abhaya, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC. He is renowned for first uniting the whole island of Sri Lanka by defeating and overthrowing Elara, a Tamil kin ...

(reigned 161–137 BCE), Sri Lankan king also known as Dutthagamani Abhaya *

Valagamba of Anuradhapura Valagamba (Sinhala: වට්ඨ ගාමණී අභය, වලගම්බා), also known as the Great Black Lion, Vattha gamani Abhaya and Valagam Abha, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka. Five months after becoming king, ...

(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 Abhaya Indrayan (born 11 November 1945) is an Indian professor and researcher of Biostatistics. He had worked with different organizations and universities, including Delhi University College of Medical Sciences and the World Health Organizati ...

(born 1945), Indian biostatistician *

Abhaya Induruwa Abhaya Induruwa () is a Sri Lankan engineer and educator who is known for pioneering Computer Science & Engineering education in Sri Lanka. He founded LEARN Internet, the country's IP network for academic and research communities in Sri Lanka. ...

(born 1950), Sri Lankan computer scientist *

Abhaya Simha Abhaya Simha is a Kannada film director and screenwriter. He was born and brought up in Mangalore, Karnataka, INDIA. He did his graduation from St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. He studied Kannada, English Literature and Journalism. After that he ...

(born 1981), Kannada film director *

Abhaya Subba Abhaya Subba (Limbu) () 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 progressive music and social in ...

, Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician

Other uses

* ''Abhaya'' (film), a 2017 Indian film *

Abhayamudra The abhayamudra () is a mudra (gesture) that is the gesture of reassurance and safety, which dispels fear and accords divine protection and bliss in Hinduism, Buddhism, and other Indian religions. The right hand is raised to shoulder height, wit ...

, a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism * '' Abhaya: The Legend of Diwali'', a book on a princess of the fictional city of Anagha

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