m. (prob. fr. 1. du; cf. dūr/a) a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator RV.; AV.; S3Br.; MBh. &c (taya Nom. P. yati, to employ as m messenger or a ambassador, Naish.) 489,2 94866 f. female messenger, esp. procuress, go-between RV.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 489,2 94867 f. a kind of bird (= sārikā) L. 489,2 94868 f. N. of a female attendant on Durga1 durgā W. 061225 489,2 94869