[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 # The Law Code of Devala 4: Dāyabhāgaḥ strīdhanaṃ ca Devalasmṛti (fragments) 4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### Dāyabhāgaḥ strīdhanaṃ ca ### [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) ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.2) mṛte pitari na klībakuṣṭhyunmattajaḍāndhakāḥ | patitaḥ patitāpatyaṃ liṅgī dāyāṃśabhāginaḥ || teṣāṃ patitavarjebhyo bhaktaṃ vastraṃ pradīyate | tatsutāḥ pitṛdāyāṃśaṃ labheran doṣavarjitāḥ > When the father is dead, the impotent, the leper, the madman, the idiot, the blind, the outcaste, the outcaste's child and one bearing (an ascetic's) emblem do not share in the inheritance; to them, except the outcaste, food and clothing are to be given; their sons, if free from the defect, receive the share of their father's inheritance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.3) avibhaktavibhaktānāṃ kulyānāṃ vasatāṃ saha | bhūyo dāyavibhāgaḥ syād ā caturthād iti sthitiḥ > For kinsmen living together, divided or undivided, there may be a fresh partition of the inheritance down to the fourth (generation); this is the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.4) putrāṇāṃ madhyamo dāyaḥ samānānām apīṣyate | jyeṣṭhasya daśamaṃ bhāgaṃ nyāyavṛttasya nirdiśet > Among sons, even of equal (class), a middle share is approved; to the eldest, if of upright conduct, he should assign a tenth part (in addition). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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 > 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) ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.6) tulyā duhitaro vāpi mriyamāṇaḥ pitāpi ca > Or the daughters equally; or the father too, when dying … > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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 > 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) ## 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 (12) - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.7.p6) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p32) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.7.p61) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Dāyatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.daya.dayatattva.1.p19) — Raghunandana, Sanskrit - [Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balambhatti.9.14) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe 1740, Sanskrit - [Lakṣmīvyākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balakrsna.9.14) — Bālakṛṣṇa 1730, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.51.p12) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.11.56) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit - [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.29.p3.1) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.37.p3) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Vyavahāramayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vyavaharamayukha.3.p152) — Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa 1610, Sanskrit - [Dīpakalikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!sulapani.4.131.2) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4) · Pramāṇa