dayA:- dayA/

dayA/ ¦ f. sympathy, compassion, pity for (loc. MBh.; Pañcat.; Bhartṛ. &c. ; gen. R.; Hariv. 8486; in comp. MBh. xiv; Hit. i, 6, 41), ŚBr. xiv &c. (AM √ kf, ‘to take pity on’ [loc. MBh.; Hit. i, 2, 7; gen. Vop.])