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# The Law Code of Devala 3.5: Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna) · Dīpakalikā · Lakṣmīvyākhyāna +2

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.5)

gāndharveṣu vivāheṣu punar vaivāhiko vidhiḥ | kartavyaś ca tribhir varṇaiḥ samayenāgnisākṣikaḥ

> 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)

> In Gāndharva marriages the wedding rite is to be performed again by the three classes, by agreement, with the fire as witness.  
> — 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.3.5) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.41.2-2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
- [Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balambhatti.22.289) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe 1740, Sanskrit
- [Lakṣmīvyākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balakrsna.22.289) — Bālakṛṣṇa 1730, Sanskrit
- [Dīpakalikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!sulapani.1.34.9) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit

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