[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) › 3.8 # The Law Code of Devala 3.8: Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) · Vivādacintāmaṇi · Nirṇayasindhu +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.8) yasya jātasya yamayoḥ paśyanti prathamaṃ mukham | santānaḥ pitaraś caiva tasmiñ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam > 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) > Of twins, the one whose face they see first when born: in him are established the line, the ancestors and seniority. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.9) - [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.3.8) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.52.p8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.21.p12) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p18) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.33.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p181.3) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.8) · Pramāṇa