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# The Law Code of Devala 27

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.27)

parākaṃ vatsarārdhe ca parākārdhaṃ trimāsike  
māsike pādakṛcchraśca nakharomavivarjitaḥ

> for half a year, a Parāka; for three months, half a Parāka; / for a month, a Pādakṛcchra, shorn of nails and hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.27) — Sanskrit

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