Daya may refer to:

Religion

Daya (Sikhism) ( or , pronunciation: , meaning compassion) is a fundamental teaching of the Sikh religion and teachings. The other four fundamental qualities are ''truth'' (), ''contentment'' (), ''humility'' () and ''love'' (). These five qualities are essentia ...

, the concept of compassion in Sikhism * Daya (virtue), the concept of compassion in Hinduism

Media and music

* ''Daya'' (film), a 1998 Malayalam film * ''Daya'' (EP), a 2015 recording by the American singer Daya * '' Daya — Chentheeyil Chalicha Kumkumapottu'', a Malayalam TV serial starring Pallavi Gowda

Places

* Daya, Zanzibar, a village on the island of Pemba * Daya Kingdom, a historic Sumatran kingdom conquered by

Ali Mughayat Syah Ali Mughayat Syah (died 7 August 1530) was the first Sultan Sultan (; ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal no ...

in the 16th century. Located in north

Aceh Jaya Regency Aceh Jaya Regency () is a regency of Aceh Province of Indonesia. It is located on the west side of the island of Sumatra, and was formed on 10 April 2002 from districts which had formerly been the northern part of West Aceh Regency. The regency ...

Daya Bay Daya Bay (), formerly known as Bias Bay, is a bay of the South China Sea on the south coast of Guangdong Province in China. It is bordered by Shenzhen's Dapeng Peninsula to the west and Huizhou to the north and east. History The bay was a hideo ...

, on the south coast of Guangdong Province, China * Daya, Taichung, a suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan *

Daya Nueva Daya Nueva () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Vega Baja del Segura in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain. References

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, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain *

Daya River The Daya River starts as a branch of the Kuakhai River at Saradeipur (near Badahati) in Odisha state in India. It is joined by the Malaguni River below Golabai and flows through Khordha and Puri districts before emptying into the north-eas ...

, in Orissa, India * Daya Vieja, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain

People

Given name

Daya (singer) Grace Martine Tandon (born October 24, 1998), known professionally as Daya (stylized DΛYΛ; pronounced ), is an American singer and songwriter from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She is signed to Sandlot Records and AWAL, and released her self-titl ...

(born 1998), American singer-songwriter *

Daya Bai Daya Bai (born Mercy Mathew) is an Indian social activist from Kerala, working among the tribals of central India. She lives in Barul village of Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh. Early life Mercy Mathew hails from a prosperous Christian f ...

, Indian social activist *

Daya Betty Daya Betty is the stage name of Trenton Clarke (born February 19, 1996), an American drag performer who competed on the fourteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Early life Trenton ...

, American drag queen *

Daya Singh Bedi Ambassador Lieutenant-Colonel Baba Daya Singh Bedi (1899–1975) was an Indian diplomat, Civil Servant and a Cavalry officer in the British Indian Army with the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse). After the partition of ...

(1899–1975), Indian diplomat and officer in the British Indian Army * Daya Ram Dahal, Nepalese film director *

Daya Gamage Daya Dharmapala Kilittuwa Gamage is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is a member of parliament (MP) and former Minister of Primary Industries. And he also the national organizer for the United National Party (UNP). He elected to the P ...

, Sri Lankan politician and businessman *

Daya Kishore Hazra Daya Kishore Hazra is an Indian medical doctor, known for his expertise in nuclear medicine and endocrinology. The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions ...

, Indian doctor *

Daya Bir Singh Kansakar Daya Bir Singh Kansakar (; 1911 – 5 February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal) was a Nepalese social worker and the first blood donor in Nepal. also the chief founder of Paropakar Organization, the country's earliest social service organization. Earl ...

(1911–2001), Nepalese social worker *

Daya Krishna Daya Krishna (1924–2007) was an Indian philosopher. He was Pro Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University and editor of the Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research for over three decades. He has published works in the fields of Indian ...

(1924–2007), Indian philosopher *

Daya Master Velayutham Dayanidhi ( ''Vēlāyutam Tayāniti''; born 3 March 1954; commonly known as Daya Master) was a leading member and media spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka. ...

(born 1956), Sri Lankan Tamil media spokesman *

Daya Mata Daya Mata, born Rachel Faye Wright (January 31, 1914November 30, 2010), was the third president and religious leader of Self-Realization Fellowship/ Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (SRF/YSS). SRF/YSS is the only spiritual organization founded b ...

(1914–2010), American spiritual teacher and leader *

Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham (born 26 May 1948) is a Sri Lankan former sports shooter. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and o ...

(born 1948), Sri Lankan sports shooter *

Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim Daya Shankar Kaul "Nasim" (1811 1845) was an Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In Indi ...

(1811–1845), Indian Urdu-language poet *

Daya Nayak Daya Nayak is an Indian Police officer of the Mumbai Police. He joined the department in 1995, and rose to fame as an encounter specialist in the late 1990s, as a member of the Detection Unit. Early life Daya Nayak was born in a Brahmin fami ...

, Indian police officer *

Daya Shankar Pandey Daya Shankar Pandey (born 19 November 1965) is an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in a number of Hindi movies like '' Lagaan'' (2001), '' Gangaajal'' (2003), '' Swades'' (2004) and ''Raajneeti'' (2010). He began his career with t ...

(born 1965), Indian film and television actor *

Daya Pathirana The assassination of Daya Pathirana took place on 15 December 1986. Daya Pathirana was the leader of the Independent Students Union of University of Colombo during 1985–1986. Pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna activists (some of them were members ...

(died 1986), assassinated Sri Lankan student leader *

Daya Pawar Daya Pawar or Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1935–20 September 1996) was an Indian Marathi language author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the atrocities experienced by the Dalits or untouchables under the Hi ...

(1935–1996), Indian author and poet *

Daya Perera Lt. Colonel Daya Perera, PC (died June 16, 2013) was a Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer, who was the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to the United Nations in New York City. Education Educated at Royal College Colombo, Pere ...

(died 2013), Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer * Daya Ratnasooriya, Sri Lankan zoologist *

Daya Ratnayake General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP and three Bars, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lanka Army officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2013 to 2015. Following his retirement from the army, he served as the Chairman, Sri L ...

, Sri Lankan Army commander * B. S. Daya Sagar (born 1967), Indian mathematical geoscientist *

Daya Ram Sahni Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni CIE (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1920 to 1921. The first report on Harappan excavations came out on 29 March ...

(1879–1939), Indian archaeologist *

Daya Sandagiri Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Admiral Sandagiri was born in Veyangoda and had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Vidyalaya, Kegalle. He enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 1 ...

, Sri Lankan Navy commander * Daya Shankar (cricketer), Indian cricketer who played 1943–44 *

Daya Shankar (IRS officer) Daya Shankar (1952-2012) was an officer of the Indian Revenue Service who served in the Indian Customs and erstwhile Central Excise Department in Mumbai, Goa & Daman. He was from Patna, Bihar. He was known for his crackdown on gold smuggling ne ...

, officer of the Indian Revenue Service * Daya Shetty (born 1969), Indian model and actor *

Daya Singh Daya Singh ( ; born Daya Ram; 1661–1708) was one of the Panj Pyare, the first five Sikhs to be initiated into the Khalsa order in 17th-century India. Among the inaugural panj piare quintet, he is traditionally the highest-regarded as he was th ...

(1661–1708), one of the first five Sikhs in the Khalsa order *

Daya Singh Sodhi Daya Singh Sodhi (1 February 1925 – 15 July 2011) was an Indian politician from Amritsar, a city of Punjab and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born on 1 February 1925 at Butala village of Amritsar district. In 1991 he was elected f ...

(born 1925), Indian politician * Daya Vaidya (born 1980), Nepalese-American actress * Daya Vati (1534–1581), Punjabi Sikh Guru *

Daya-Nand Verma Daya-Nand Verma (25 June 1933, Varanasi – 10 June 2012, Mumbai) was a mathematician at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research during the period 1968-1993. The construction of Verma modules appears in his Ph.D. thesis as a student of Nathan ...

(1933–2012), Indian mathematician * Daya Wiffen (born 1983), New Zealand netball player * Daya, courtesy name for

Shi Hong Shi Hong (石弘) (313 – December 334( ��和九年��一月，虎遣郭殷持节入宫，废弘为海阳王。弘安步就车，容色自若，谓群臣曰：“庸昧不堪纂承大统，夫复何言！”群臣莫不流涕，宫人恸哭。群 ...

(313–334), Chinese emperor of Later Zhao

Surname

Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Tammam al-Siddiq Al-Baghdadi (; 835–912), known in the West by his Latinized name Hametus, was a Muslim Arab mathematician, like his father Yusuf ibn Ibrahim (). Life Ahmad ibn Yusuf was born in Bagh ...

(835–912), Arab mathematician *

Ali Daya Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Ubaydallah Sadiq (), commonly known as Ali Daya (علی دایا), was a Tajik commander who served under the early Ghaznavid rulers, but later fell out of favor and was executed. Biography Ali Daya is first mentioned in 103 ...

(), Tajik commander *

Houda Ben Daya Houda Ben Daya (; born July 21, 1979, in Tunis) is a Tunisian judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. She picked up a total of five medals, including three golds from the African Championships and a bronze from the 2001 Med ...

(born 1979), Tunisian judoka * Hugo Daya (born 1963), Colombian cyclist * Kawkab Sabah al-Daya (born 1962), Syrian environmental minister * Navasha Daya, vocalist and original member of American band Fertile Ground * Pradnya Daya Pawar (born 1966), Indian Marathi-language poet and writer * Sheraz Daya, British ophthalmologist * Wen Daya, 7th-century Chinese writer who recorded the

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in detail

Fictional

Datu Daya Datu Daya was a legendary lord of Kandaya ("Daya's (kingdom)"), the place that is now known as Daanbantayan on the northern tip of Cebu Island in the Philippines. According to oral tradition, Datu Daya was the ruler of the first settlers in north ...

, a legendary tribal chief in the Philippines * Daya (Senior Inspector), a character in the Indian TV series ''CID'' * Daya Diaz, a character on the American TV series ''Orange Is the New Black''

Other

* Daya, a 2016 tropical storm in the

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* Daya Aviation, a domestic Sri Lankan airline * Daya, nickname for the Israeli Air Force 192 Squadron