[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) › 1.2 # The Law Code of Devala 1.2: Kṛtyakalpataru · Smṛticandrikā · Madanapārijāta +5 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.2) sadaivodaṅmukhaḥ prātaḥ sāyāhne dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | viṇmūtram utsṛjen nityaṃ saṃdhyāsu parivarjayet > 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) > In the morning he should always void excrement and urine facing north, in the evening facing south; at the twilights he should avoid it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.3) - [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.1.2) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (8) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p542) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p235) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.9.p2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p642) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.9.p18) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.1.p70) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.1.31.p1.16) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p3.3) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.2) · Pramāṇa