[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) › 4.7 # The Law Code of Devala 4.7: Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) · Vivādacintāmaṇi · Bhagavantabhāskara +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.7) vṛttir ābharaṇaṃ śulkaṃ lābhaś ca strīdhanaṃ bhavet | bhoktrī ca svayam evedaṃ patir nārhaty anāpadi || vṛthā mokṣe ca bhoge ca striyai dadyāt savṛddhikam | putrārtiharaṇe vāpi strīdhanaṃ bhoktum arhati > 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) > Maintenance, ornaments, the bride-price and gains are woman's property; she herself enjoys it, and the husband has no right to it except in distress. If he gives it away or enjoys it without need, he must repay it to the woman with interest; but he may use the woman's property to relieve a son's distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.6) - [Next: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.1) - [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.4.7) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.52.p100) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.25.p13) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p111) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p192.2) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.7) · Pramāṇa