[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) › 5.3 # The Law Code of Devala 5.3: Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya) · Kālasāra · Dharmapradīpa +6 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.3) nakṣatradarśanān naktaṃ gṛhasthasya budhaiḥ smṛtam | yater dināṣṭame bhāge tasya rātrau niṣidhyate > I shall explain the penance in detail, O great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > For the householder the wise hold the 'night-meal' (nakta) to begin at the sight of the stars; for the ascetic it is in the eighth part of the day, since for him (eating) at night is forbidden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.5.3) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (9) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.2.p37) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.1.p21.1) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.4.p5.1) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.5.p29) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.4.p65) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.1.p19) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit - [Smṛtimuktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtimuktaphala.1.30.9) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit - [Dharmapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.8.p1) — Bhoja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.3) · Pramāṇa