[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) › 38 # The Law Code of Devala 38 Devalasmṛti (another edition) 38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.38) brāhmaṇī bhojayenmlecchamabhakṣyaṃ bhakṣayedyadi parākeṇa tataḥ śuddhiḥ pādenottaratottarān > If a Brahmin woman serves food to a Mleccha or eats inedible food, / purification is then by a Parāka, and by a quarter less for each successive caste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.37) - [Next: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.38) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.38) · Pramāṇa