Religion

• Daya (Sikhism), the concept of compassion in Sikhism

• Daya (Hinduism), the concept of compassion in Hinduism

• Similarly, karuṇā is the concept of compassion in Buddhism and anukampā is emphatic compassion or benevolence

Media and music

• Daya (film), a 1998 Malayalam film

• Daya (EP), a 2015 recording by the American singer Daya

• Daya, a Malayalam TV serial starring Kalaranjini

• Daya Sagar, 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 in the 16th century

• Daya Bay, on the south coast of Guangdong Province, China

• Daya, Taichung, a suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan

• Daya Nueva, 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 (singer) (born 1998), American singer-songwriter

• Daya, courtesy name for Shi Hong (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, Sri Lankan politician and businessman

• Daya Kishore Hazra, Indian doctor

• Daya Bir Singh Kansakar (1911–2001), Nepalese social worker

• Daya Krishna (1924–2007), Indian philosopher

• Daya Master (born 1956), Sri Lankan Tamil media spokesman

• Daya Mata (1914–2010), American spiritual teacher and leader

• Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham (born 1948), Sri Lankan sports shooter

• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845), Indian Urdu-language poet

• Daya Nayak, Indian police officer

• Daya Shankar Pandey (born 1965), Indian film and television actor

• Daya Pathirana (died 1986), assassinated Sri Lankan student leader

• Daya Pawar (1935–1996), Indian author and poet

• Daya Perera (died 2013), Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer

• Daya Ratnasooriya, Sri Lankan zoologist

• Daya Ratnayake, Sri Lankan Army commander

• B. S. Daya Sagar (born 1967), Indian mathematical geoscientist

• Daya Ram Sahni (1879–1939), Indian archaeologist

• Daya Rathnayake, 2005 recipient of the Sri Lanka Sikhamani, a national honor

• Daya Sandagiri, Sri Lankan Navy commander

• Daya Shankar, Indian cricketer who played 1943–44

• Daya Shankar (IRS officer), 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 (born 1925), Indian politician

• Daya Vaidya (born 1980), Nepalese-American actress

• Daya Vati (1534–1581), Punjabi Sikh Guru

• Daya-Nand Verma (1933–2012), Indian mathematician

• Daya Weththasinghe, 2005 recipient of the Sri Lanka Sikhamani, a national honor

• Daya Wiffen (born 1983), New Zealand netball player

Surname

• Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya (835–912), Arab mathematician

• Ali Daya (fl. 1030–1040), 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, British ophthalmologist

• Wen Daya, 7th-century Chinese writer who recorded the Battle of Huoyi in detail

Fictional

• Datu Daya, 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 Indian Ocean

• Daya Aviation, a domestic Sri Lankan airline

• Daya, nickname for the Israeli Air Force 192 Squadron

See also

• Dayah, a settlement in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

• Taya (disambiguation)

• All pages with titles containing Daya