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# The Law Code of Devala 89

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.89)

tithi vṛddhyā caretpiṇḍāñchukle śikhyaṇḍasaṃmitān  
ekaikaṃ hrāsayetpiṇḍānkṛcchracāndrāyaṇaṃ caret

> According to the increase of the lunar day in the bright fortnight, one should eat balls \[of food\] the size of a peahen's egg; / one should decrease the balls one by one \[in the dark fortnight\]: one should perform the Kṛcchracāndrāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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