[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) › 6.8 # The Law Code of Devala 6.8: Nirṇayasindhu · Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra) · Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8) ekenāpi hi vipreṇa ṣaṭpiṇḍaṃ śrāddham ācaret | ṣaḍ arghyān dāpayet tatra ṣaḍbhyo dadyāt tathā haviḥ > 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) > Even with a single Brahmin one should perform the śrāddha of six rice-balls; he should have six guest-offerings given there, and likewise give the oblation to the six. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7) - [Next: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.9) - [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.6.8) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.57.2-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p31) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.6.1.14) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8) · Pramāṇa