Pidalaka [etymology? Kern, Toev. sub voce suggests diminutive formation from Sanskrit bidala split bamboo] a small stick, skewer Vin II 116, Sp 1206 reads vidalaka and explains: "daṇḍakaṭhina-ppamāṇena kaṭasārakassa pariyante paṭisaṃharitvā dugguṇa-karaṇa." See also Vinaya Texts III 94.