Daya may refer to:

Religion

Daya (Sikhism) Daya (Gurmukhi: ਦਯਾ or ਦਇਆ) or compassion is a fundamental teaching of the Sikh religion and teachings can be found on Daya. The other four qualities are ''truth'' ( sat), ''contentment'' ( santokh), ''humility'' (nimrata) and ''love'' ...

, 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 * ''

Daya Sagar ''Karunamayudu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language biographical film written and directed by A. Bhimsingh. It stars Vijayachander as Jesus of Nazareth. The film won two Nandi Awards, was notable for two song sequences narrating the Birth of ...

'', a 1978 Telugu film directed by A. Bhimsingh

Places

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

Ali Mughayat Syah Ali Mughayat Syah (died 7 August 1530) was the first sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra, reigning from about 1514 until his death. Although he was not the first ruler of the Aceh heartland, he is considered the founder of the Aceh Sultanate. His ...

in the 16th century *

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 municipality in the ''comarca'' of Vega Baja del Segura in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the four ...

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

People

* Daya Pawar (1935–1996), author and poet *

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), philosopher *

Daya (singer) Grace Martine Tandon (born October 24, 1998), better known by her stage name 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 ...

(born 1998), American singer-songwriter * Daya Betty, American drag queen * Daya, courtesy name for

Shi Hong Shi Hong (石弘) (313–334), courtesy name Daya (大雅), was briefly an emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China after the death of his father Shi Le, Later Zhao's founder. Because after his cousin Shi Hu deposed him, he was created ...

(313–334), Chinese Emperor of Later Zhao

Given name

* Daya Bai, Indian social activist * Daya Singh Bedi (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 ( ne, दयावीरसिंह कंसकार; 1911 – 5 February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal) was a Nepalese social worker and the first blood donor in Nepal. He was also the chief founder of Paropakar Organization ...

(1911–2001), Nepalese social worker *

(1924–2007), Indian philosopher *

Daya Master Velayutham Dayanidhi ( ta, வேலாயுதம் தயாநிதி ''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 ...

(born 1956), Sri Lankan Tamil media spokesman *

Daya Mata Daya Mata (Sanskrit for ''Compassionate Mother''), born Rachel Faye Wright, (January 31, 1914November 30, 2010) was the third president and ''sanghamata'' (mother of the society) of the only organization that Paramahansa Yogananda created to diss ...

(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 known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad ...

(born 1948), Sri Lankan sports shooter *

Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim Daya Shankar Kaul "Nasim" (1811 1845) was an Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Daya Nayak Daya Nayak is an Indian police assistant inspector with the Mumbai police. He joined Mumbai police - then known as Bombay - in 1995, and rose to fame as an encounter-specialist in the late 1990s. As a member of the Detection Unit, he gunned down ...

, 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 the ...

(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 o ...

(died 1986), assassinated Sri Lankan student leader * Daya Pawar (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, Perer ...

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

Daya Ratnayake General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He was the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army and is the current Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and former Chairman, Sri Lanka Ports Auth ...

, Sri Lankan Army commander * B. S. Daya Sagar (born 1967), Indian mathematical geoscientist * Daya Ram Sahni (1879–1939), Indian archaeologist * Daya Sandagiri, 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 netw ...

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

(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

Surname

Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ibrahim ibn Tammam al-Siddiq Al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو جعفر أحمد بن يوسف بن ابراهيم بن تمام الصديق البغدادي; 835–912), known in the West by his Latinized name Hametus, was a ...

(835–912), Arab mathematician * Ali Daya (), Tajik commander * Houda Ben Daya (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 Sheraz Daya is a British ophthalmologist. Daya founded the Centre for Sight in 1996, and works in stem-cell research and sight recovery surgery. Education Daya graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1984. Following this, he ...

, British ophthalmologist * Wen Daya, 7th-century Chinese writer who recorded the

Battle of Huoyi The Battle of Huoyi (霍邑之戰; Wade–Giles: Huo-i) was fought in China on 8 September 617, between the forces of the rebel Duke of Tang, Li Yuan, and the army of the ruling Sui dynasty. Li Yuan, with an army of around 25,000, was advancing ...

in detail

Fictional

* Datu Daya, a legendary tribal chief in the Philippines *

Daya (Senior Inspector) CID is an Indian police procedural television series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television India. The series stars Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet, Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspect ...

, 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

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

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