[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) › 6 # The Law Code of Devala 6 Devalasmṛti (another edition) 6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.6) mṛtasūte tu dāsīnāṃ patnīnāṃ cānulominām svāmitulyaṃ bhavecchaucaṃ mṛte svāmini yaunikam > At a death or a birth, for female slaves, / and for wives taken in natural order of castes, / purification is equal to that of the master; when the master dies, it is by uterine kinship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.6) · Pramāṇa