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The Law Code of Devala 1.1: Kṛtyakalpataru · Gobhilagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya · Ācārādarśa +4

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.1

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Sanskrit

1.1

prathamaṃ prāṅmukhaḥ sthitvā pādau prakṣālayec chanaiḥ | udaṅmukho vā daivatye paitṛke dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ || śikhāṃ baddhvā vasitvā dve nirṇikte vāsasī śubhe | tūṣṇīṃ bhūtvā samādhāya nodgacchan na vilokayan

Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words:

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First, facing east, he should wash his feet slowly — facing north for a rite to the gods, south for one to the ancestors; having tied his top-knot and put on two clean washed garments, silent and composed, (he should sip water,) not rising and not looking about.

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