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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 60, col. 3.
    á-bhayā (ā), f. the plant Terminalia Chebula

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 69.
    abhayā;
    harītakyabhayā pathyā dhātrī cāmalakī śivā .
    2.1.1.618

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 72.
    abhayā , strī, (nāsti bhayaṃ yasyāḥ sā .) harītakī .
    ityamaraḥ .. campādeśajātapañcaśirā harītakī . sā
    netraroge praśastā . iti rājavallabhaḥ .. (durgā .)

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 77.
    Abhayā (II) — the goddess enshrined in Uṣṇatīrtha.

    M. 13. 42.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 2.
    abhayā, (1) n. of an herb, presumably Terminalia

    chebula as in Skt. and Pali: Gv 496.21; (2) n. of a goddess,

    to whom the infant Śākyamuni is presented to worship:

    Mv ii.26.4 ff.

    Meulenbeld’s Sanskrit Names of Plants

    ☞ p. 428.
    abhayā

    (1) = harītakī (HK; Dgv; Na 1, nr. 206; Nadk. 1, nr. 2451; KB 2, p. 1020-

    1023; Bt.; Ma.nigh. 1, 21; Bpn, harītakyādivarga 6; Dha.nigh. 1, 205;

    Rā. nigh. 11, 306; Kai.Nigh., oṣadhivarga 221; Nś. 80; Pa.ra. 218);

    (2) = guḍūcī (HK).

    Compare on synonyms of abhayā Rā.nigh., pariśiṣṭa 23, caturarthāḥ

    3: abhayā cirbhiṭā vandhyā karkoṭī ca mṛgādanī; aṣṭārthāḥ 1: abhayā

    = vijayā).