( yikā f.), kāyika (kī f.) a. [kāya-ṭhak] Relating to the body, bodily, corporeal; kāyikatapaḥ Ms. 12. 8. kā Interest (whatever is given for the use of money). Comp. vṛddhiḥ f. 1. interest consisting in the use of any animal or capital stock pawned.

2. interest of which the payment does not af- fect the principal, or the use of the body of an animal pledged by the person to whom it is pledged.