[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) › 6.6 # The Law Code of Devala 6.6: Saṃvatsaradīdhiti · Abdadīdhiti · Smṛtikaustubha +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6) daivādyaṃ naiva kurvīta daivāntaṃ naiva kutracit | daivādyantaṃ hi kurvīta śrāddhaṃ maraṇahetunā > 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) > One should never make a śrāddha begin with the gods nor ever end with the gods; (but) a śrāddha occasioned by a death one should begin and end with the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.5) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7) - [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.6.6) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.13.p146) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.8.1.26) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit - [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.5.1.26) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit - [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.3.p9.4) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6) · Pramāṇa