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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).