adjective noun

1. a kind of pulse, split pea Ja.iv.353 (= mugga) in -sūpa haricot soup Ja.iv.352.
2. a split bamboo cane, in -mañcaka a bedstead made of laths of split bamboo, the use of which is given as one of the characteristic features of the ascetic life Vin.ii.149; Ja.i.9; Dhp-a.i.135.

cp. Sk. vidala in same meaning, fr. vi + dal