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# The Law Code of Devala 3.3: Kṛtyakalpataru · Gṛhastharatnākara

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.3)

śulkaṃ pradāya kanyāyāḥ supradānaṃ vidhānataḥ | vittahetur vivāho 'yam āsuraḥ ṣaṣṭha 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 the maiden is given duly after a bride-price has been paid, this marriage for money is called the sixth, the Āsura.  
> — 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.3.3) — 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.p126) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p42) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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