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# The Law Code of Devala 15

Devalasmṛti 15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.15)

atha saṃvatsarādūrdhvaṃ mlecchairnīto yadā bhavet  
prāyaścitte tu saṃcīrṇe gaṅgāsnānena śudhyati

> Now, when he has been carried off by Mlecchas for more than a year, / once the penance has been completed, he is purified by bathing in the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.15) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.15) — Sanskrit

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