Vāgura & ˚ā

feminine a net; as -a Ja.vi.170 Kp-a.47 (sūkara˚); Thag-a.78; as -ā Ja.vi.582. Another P. form is vākarā.

cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vāgurā; to Idg. *ṷeg to weave, as in Lat. velum sail, Ags. wecca = E wick; Ohg. waba = Ger. wabe