[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) › 4.5 # The Law Code of Devala 4.5: Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna) · Dāyabhāga · Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) +4 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 4.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.5) kanyābhyaś ca pitṛdravyād deyaṃ vaivāhikaṃ vasu | aputrasya tu kanyā svā dharmajā putravad bhavet > 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) > To the daughters the wealth for their marriage is to be given from the father's property; and for a sonless man his own lawfully born daughter is like a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.4) - [Next: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.6) - [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.4.5) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.22.p25) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p61) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.37.p3) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balambhatti.7.135.39) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe 1740, Sanskrit - [Lakṣmīvyākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balakrsna.7.135.39) — Bālakṛṣṇa 1730, Sanskrit - [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.11.56) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit - [Dāyatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.daya.dayatattva.1.p25) — Raghunandana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.5) · Pramāṇa