Kathalika (neuter) [derivation uncertain], always in combination pādodaka pāda-pīṭha pāda-k°: either a cloth to wipe the feet with after washing them, or a footstool Vin I 9, 47; II 22 f., 210, 216. At Vv-a 8 however with pāda-pīṭha explained as a footstool (pāda-ṭhāpana-yoggaṃ dārukhaṇḍaṃ āsanaṃ). Buddhaghosa (Sp VI 1160) explained pādapīṭha as a stool to put the washed foot on, pāda-kathalika as a stool to put the unwashed foot on, or a cloth to rub the feet with (ghaṃsana). The meaning "bowl" seems to be preferable to Buddhaghosa's forced interpretation as "towel."