[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) › 6.7 # The Law Code of Devala 6.7: Smṛtitattva · Vīramitrodaya · Nirṇayasindhu +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7) ekoddiṣṭe tu saṃprāpte yadi vighnaḥ prajāyate | māse 'nyasmiṃs tithau tasmiṃs tadā dadyāt prayatnataḥ > 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) > If an obstacle arises when the single-person śrāddha is due, he should give it carefully on the same lunar day in another month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8) - [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.6.7) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.195) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.13.p38.8) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.68.2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p1.17) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7) · Pramāṇa