dayA [ day BidA-BAve aN ] Pity, tenderness, compassion, mercy, sympathy; nirguRezvapi sattvezu dayAM kurvaMti sADavaH H. 1. 60 ; R. 2. 11 ; yatnAdapi parakleSaM hartuM yA hfdi jAyate . icCA BUmisuraSrezWa sA dayA parikIrtitA .. . Comp. — kara a. kind, sympathetic. — (raH) an epithet of Śiva. — kUwaH, -kUrcaH epithets of Buddha. — vIraH (in Rhet. ) the sentiment of heroic compassion; the sentiment of heroism arising out of compassion; e. g. Jīmūtavāhana's remark to Garuḍa in Nāg. : — SirAmuKEH syaMdata eva raktamadyApi dehe mama mAMsamasti . tfptiM ( pb ) na paSyAmi tavApi tAvat kiM BakzaRAttvaM virato garutman .. cf. also R. G. under dayAvIra .