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# The Law Code of Devala 1.3: Kṛtyakalpataru · Ācārādarśa · Ācāra +2

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.3)

vāpīkūpanadīgoṣṭhacaityāmbhaḥpathibhasmasu | agnau kāmye śmaśāne ca viṇmūtraṃ na samācaret

> 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)

> Not in a pond, well or river, a cow-pen, a shrine, water, a road or ashes, in fire, a pleasant place or a cremation ground should he void excrement or urine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (2)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (7)

- [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara)
- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p549) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p650) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit
- [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.7.21) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit
- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.1.p71) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p46) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit
- [Ācārādarśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acaradarsa.p2.1) — Gaurīpati or Gaurīśa 1615, Sanskrit

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