[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) › [The old Devala law-book — fragments](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments) › 1.11 # The Law Code of Devala 1.11: Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) · Kṛtyakalpataru · Ācārādarśa Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.11) śvapākaṃ patitaṃ vyaṅgam unmattaṃ śavahārakam | sūtikāṃ sāvikāṃ nārīṃ rajasā ca pariplutām || śvakukkuṭavarāhāṃś ca grāmyān saṃspṛśya mānavaḥ | sacailaṃ saśiraḥ snātvā tadānīm eva śudhyati > Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Having touched a Śvapāka, an outcaste, a cripple, a madman, a corpse-bearer, a woman who has given birth, a midwife, a menstruating woman, or village dogs, cocks and pigs, a man is purified at once by bathing with his clothes and head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.3.1.500) — Vijñāneśvara, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p837) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p415) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p429) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit - [Ācārādarśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acaradarsa.p5.4) — Gaurīpati or Gaurīśa 1615, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.11) · Pramāṇa