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# Dakshasmriti 5.12

Dakṣasmṛti 5.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.5.12)

divoditasya śaucasya rātrāvarddhaṃ vidhīyate  
tadarddhamāturasyāhustvarāyāmarddhamadhvani

> Half of the purification declared for the day is prescribed at night; / they say half of that is for the sick, half in haste, \[and half\] on a journey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa~en-mt.5.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Dakṣasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.daksasamhita.146) — Sanskrit
- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c34.46) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.30.12) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭādaśasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.astadasasmrti.32.12) — Sanskrit

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