Abhaya
# Abhaya

Abhaya may refer to:

## People with the name

### Historical

* Abhaya of Upatissa Nuwara, king of Upathissa Nuwara from 474 to 454 BCE
* 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

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