As a deity name
Name 358 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 639 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
अभय · adj
[स्त्री॰ अभया] निर्भय । निडर । बेखौफ — Śabdasāgara
अभय · noun · masculine
उशीर । खय । वीरणमूल · निर्भयता · परमात्म — Śabdasāgara
अभय · abhay · adj.
(f. -ā), Without fear, fearless, undaunted, bold, courageous — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 6
अभय · masculine
a male given name, Abhay, from Sanskrit
अभय
fearless; courageous; bold
Cited formation "अभय" is अ- + भय: भय means "dread, fear", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अभय" is अ- + भय: भय means "dread, fear", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अभय — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya), equivalent to अ- (a-) + भय (bhay).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-bhaya mf(ā)n. unfearful, not dangerous, secure
a-bhaya mfn. fearless, undaunted, ŚBr. xiv
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the root of a fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatum.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "abhaya" is the vocative of "abhayā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-bhaya mf(ā)n. unfearful, not dangerous, secure
a-bhaya mfn. fearless, undaunted, ŚBr. xiv
a-bhaya (as), m. N. of Śiva
of a natural son of Bimbisāra
of a son of Idhmajihva, BhP.
a-bhayā (ā), f. the plant Terminalia Chebula
Alternative readings
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