As a deity name
Name 374 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
वागुरा · noun · feminine
मृगों या पक्षियों के र्फसाने का जाल । जाल — Śabdasāgara
वागुरा · wāgurā · s.f.
A net (for catching deer and other wild animals), a snare, noose, trap, toils — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1176
वाँ
Cited formation "वागुरा" is वागुर + -आ: वागुर means "Joy-inspiring, rejoicing (cf. bāg̠-bāg̠)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "वागुरा" is वागुर + -आ: वागुर means "Joy-inspiring, rejoicing (cf. bāg̠-bāg̠)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a net (for catching deer or wild animals), trap, toils, snare, noose, and c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vāgurā" is the feminine form of "vāgura" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vāgurā f. a net (for catching deer or wild animals), trap, toils, snare, noose, MBh.; Kāv. and c.
vāgurā [vā-hiṃsane urac gan ca] A trap, net, snare, toils, meshes; ko vā durjanavāgurāsu patitaḥ kṣemaṇa yātaḥ pumān Pt. 1. 146. Comp. — vṛttiḥ f. livelihood obtained by catching wild animals. — (ttiḥ) a fowler, huntsman; Ms. 10. 32.
vāgurā f. (-rā) A net, a snare, a noose. E. vā to hurt, ura Uṇādi aff., and gan augment.
vāgura m. the son of a Vaiśya and a Veṇī, L.
N. of a poet, Cat.
Alternative readings
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