[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) › 6.2 # The Law Code of Devala 6.2: Smṛtitattva · Nirṇayasindhu · Kālasāra +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.2) tathaivāmantrito dātā prātaḥ snātaḥ sahāmbaraḥ | ārabheta navaiḥ pātrair anvārambhaṃ sabāndhavaḥ > At a death or a birth, for female slaves, / and for wives taken in natural order of castes, / purification is equal to that of the master; when the master dies, it is by uterine kinship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Likewise the giver, having invited (the Brahmins), bathed in the morning with his clothes on, should begin with new vessels, together with his kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.1) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.2) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p45) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p760) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.58.2-14) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p69) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.111) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.2) · Pramāṇa