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# The Law Code of Devala 1.7: Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) · Madanapārijāta · Smṛtiratnākara +3

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.7)

ūrṇākauśeyakutapapaṭṭakṣaumadukūlajāḥ | alpaśaucā bhavanty ete śoṣaṇaprokṣaṇādibhiḥ

> 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)

> Woollen, silk, goat-hair, patterned silk, linen and fine cloth need little purification: by drying, sprinkling and the like.  
> — 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.1.7) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (6)

- [Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.8.25) — Vijñāneśvara, Sanskrit
- [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha)
- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.3.p39) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.10) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.3.p7.1) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p30) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit

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