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# The Law Code of Devala 87

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 87

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.87)

piṇyākaśākatakrāmbusaktūnāṃ prativāsaram  
ekarātropavāsaśca kṛcchraḥ saumyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

> Subsisting on oilcake, vegetables, buttermilk, water, and barley-meal on successive days / and fasting for one night is proclaimed as the mild penance (Saumyakṛcchra).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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