A type of Utpādana Doṣa (the blemish pertaining to the ways adopted in obtaining bhikṣā (accepting food etc. by going to houses for collecting them in conformity with the canonical instruction)) by an ascetic); to accept bhikṣā etc. from a householder by going on errands for him.
mithaḥ sandeśakathanaṃ dūtītvam, tat kurvato bhikṣārthaṃ dūtīpiṇḍaḥ.
(Yośā 1.38 Vṛ p. 135)
dūtī parasparasaṃdiṣṭārthakathikā tadbhāvastena yallabhyate sa dūtīpiṇḍaḥ.
(Prasā 566 Vṛ)