[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) › 3.2 # The Law Code of Devala 3.2: Kṛtyakalpataru · Gṛhastharatnākara Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.2) tato vinītāṃ kalyāṇīṃ kanyāṃ kulavayo'nvitām | alaṃkṛtyārhate dadyād vivāho brāhma ucyate > How should their bathing, how their cleansing, how their penance be? / What conduct should they adopt? Tell us that in full detail.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > When one adorns a well-bred, virtuous maiden of good family and right age and gives her to a worthy man, that marriage is called Brāhma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.3.2) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p94) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p15) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.2) · Pramāṇa