धुरिया dhuriyā

धुलेंडी dhuleṁḍī [? dhūli- + *ullaṇḍati], f. the second day of the Holī festival (when the participants throw gulāl powder and coloured water at one another).

धुरिया dhuriyā. Dhuriya. The second day of Holi celebrations. On that day people throw coloured powder at one another. It is the memorial of how the soul is coloured with the colours of the company of its Supreme Father.

धुरिया. On the second day of Holi, people smear each other with different colors of gulal or colored water, this process of getting drenched in colors is often referred to as playing Holi. Rangwali Holi which is the main Holi day is pronounced as Dhulandi or Dhulendi. Dhuria (Dhuredi) means Holi played with dust. Here dust means the ashes of Holika Dahan. Dhuriya Holi is a tradition of Holi celebrated in Chhattisgarh. In this tradition, Dhuriya i.e. stick is used.

H دهريانا धुरियाना dhuriyānā, धरियाना dhariyānā [S. धूलि+ā = āw = Prk. आवे = S. आपि caus. augment], v.t. To throw dust upon; — to winnow, sift, separate good grain from bad.

Holi. A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskaras and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.