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‖ poya|ˈpəʊjə|
[Sinhalese pōya, f. Skr. upavasathá fast day.]
In full, poya day: a day on which the moon enters one of its four phases, observed as a day of special religious observance by Buddhists in Sri Lanka.
1853R. S. Hardy Man. Budhism i. 22 When the dark póya, or day of the new moon, has come, the sun moves in one day the distance of 100,000 yojanas from the moon. Ibid. ii. 51 Today so many men have observed the póya (or sacred day). Ibid. v. 116 It was the póya day, when the prince..went to the public alms-hall to distribute the royal bounty. 1889M. Monier-Williams Buddhism xii. 316 These preachings are generally well-attended, especially on the four Poya days. 1910tr. Hackmann's Buddhism as Relig. iii. ii. 116 Real preaching (not only reading of the sacred text) is done in some temples on the so-called poya days, the four quarters of the moon, when lay people assemble in the vihâras to present their gift. 1913L. Woolf Village in Jungle ii. 40 If you had come last poya, Silindu, I could have given it. 1971Times Weekender (Ceylon) 3 Oct. 9/2 He had obviously stoked up in anticipation of a dry Poya day ahead. |