[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) › 42 # The Law Code of Devala 42 Devalasmṛti (another edition) 42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.42) spṛṣṭvā rajasvalā'nyonyaṃ brāhmaṇī śūdrajā tathā pañcarātraṃ nirāhārā pañcagavyena śudhyati > When a Brahmin woman and a Śūdra woman touch each other while menstruating, / she is purified after five nights without food, by the five products of the cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.41) - [Next: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.42) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.42) · Pramāṇa