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# The Law Code of Devala 36

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 36

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.36)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittamidaṃ śubham  
strīṇāṃ mlecchaiśca nītānāṃ balātsaṃveśane kvacit

> Hereafter I shall declare this auspicious penance / for women carried off by Mlecchas in the event of forced cohabitation:  
> — 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.33.36) — Sanskrit

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