[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › [Devala Smriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt) › 21 # The Law Code of Devala 21 Devalasmṛti (another edition) 21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.21) saṃvatsaroṣitaḥ śūdro māsārdhaṃ yāvakaṃ pibet māsamātroṣitaḥ śūdraḥ kṛcchrapādena śudhyati > A Śūdra who has stayed for a year should drink barley gruel for half a month; / a Śūdra who has stayed for only a month is purified by a quarter-Kṛcchra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.20) - [Next: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.21) · Pramāṇa