holAkA f. (perhaps from a cry or shout or sound in singing), the spring festival at the approach of the vernal equinox (commonly called Hūlī or Holī , and said to be dedicated to Kṛṣṇa and the Gopī s; it is celebrated during the ten days preceding the full moon of the month Phālguna , when people sprinkle red powder in sport and light fires; in some parts of India the Holī festival corresponds to or immediately precedes the Dolā-yātrā q.v. ), RTL. 430.
holAkA 1 The spring-festival celebrated at the approach of the spring season, during the ten-but particularly three or four-days preceding the full-moon day in the month of Phālguna (commonly called Holi ). 2 The full-moon day in the month of Phālguna.