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The Law Code of Devala 1.13: Madanapārijāta · Smṛtiratnākara · Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya) +1

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.13

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Sanskrit

1.13

klinnaṃ bhinnaṃ śavaṃ caiva kūpasthaṃ yadi dṛśyate | payaḥ pibet trirātraṃ tu mānuṣe triguṇaṃ bhavet || caṇḍālakūpabhāṇḍasthaṃ yas tu kāmāj jalaṃ pibet | caret sāntapanaṃ vipraḥ śudhyen mohāt trirātrataḥ

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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If a putrid or burst corpse is seen in a well (after drinking from it), one should drink milk for three days; for a human corpse three times as much. A Brahmin who knowingly drinks water from a Caṇḍāla's well or vessel should perform the Sāntapana; if by mistake he is purified in three days.

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