[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) › 4.1 # The Law Code of Devala 4.1: Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) · Vivādacintāmaṇi · Vyavahāramayūkha +4 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.1) pitary uparate putrā vibhajeyur dhanaṃ pituḥ | asvāmyaṃ tu bhaved eṣāṃ nirdoṣe pitari sthite > Devala said: / “One should avoid the whole country of Triśaṅku for twelve yojanas, / to the north of the Mahānadī and to the south of Kīkaṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > When the father has died, the sons should divide the father's property; while the father is alive and without fault, they have no ownership. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.10) - [Next: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.2) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.4.1) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.51.p12) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.7.p61) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.7.p6) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Vyavahāramayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vyavaharamayukha.3.p152) — Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa 1610, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p32) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit - [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.29.p3.1) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit - [Dāyatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.daya.dayatattva.1.p19) — Raghunandana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.1) · Pramāṇa