dūta दूत 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, [Naiṣ.]) dūtaka दूतक m. N. of Agni in the form of a forest conflagration, [Gṛhyās.] (cf. dava, dāva). m. a messenger, ambassador (cf. deva-); dūtaya दूतय (°taya Nom. P. °yati, to employ as messenger or ambassador, [Naiṣ.]) dūtaghnī दूतघ्नी dūta—ghnī f. ‘messenger-killer’, N. of a plant, [L.] dūtatva दूतत्व dūta—tva n. the office or state of a messenger, [Pañc.] dūtavat दूतवत् dūta—vat mfn. having a messenger, [KauṣUp. ii], dūtamukha दूतमुख dūta—mukha mf(I)n. ‘having an ambassador as mouth’, speaking by an ambassador, [Śiś. ii, 82.] dūtavākya दूतवाक्य dūta—vākya n. N. of wk. dūtakarman दूतकर्मन् dūta—karman n. business or duty of a messenger, [MBh.]; [Pañc.] dūtamocana दूतमोचन dūta—mocana n. ‘liberation of an ambassador’, N. of a ch. of the [GaṇP.] dūtalakṣaṇa दूतलक्षण dūta—lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk. dūtaparīkṣā दूतपरीक्षा dūta—parīkṣā f. N. of wk. dūtasampreṣaṇa दूतसम्प्रेषण dūta—sampreṣaṇa n. the sending forth ambassadors, [Mn. vii, 153.] dūtavākyaprabandha दूतवाक्यप्रबन्ध dūta—vākya—prabandha m. N. of wk.