dūta
dūtá m. (prob. fr. √1. du
• cf. dūrá) a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator RV. AV. ŚBr. MBh. &c. (○taya Nom. P. ○yati, to employ as messenger or ambassador, Naish)
• (i), f. female messenger, esp. procuress, go-between RV. MBh. Kāv. &c
• a kind of bird (= sārikā) L.
• N. of a female attendant on Durgā W.