vetra , nt. (= Pali vetta; it is not clear that the Skt. word is used in this sense; cf. Skt. vetralatā), rope (made of reeds or creepers ?), used in fastening a ship: (tatas tair …) vahanasyaikaṃ vetraṃ chinnaṃ; paścād … sarve varatrāś chinnāḥ Divy 230.3 . See śiṭā .
vetra m. n. ( accord. to Uṇ. iv, 166 , fr. √ 1. vI ; prob. connected with √ 1. ve cf. veRu ) a kind of large reed (used for making sticks, prob. Calamus Rotang or Fasciculatus ), Kauś. ; MBh. &c.