<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.19 -->

[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) › [The Law Code of Devala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › 19

# The Law Code of Devala 19

Devalasmṛti 19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.19)

tatstrīṇāṃ ca tathā saṅge tābhiśca saha bhojanam  
māsoṣite dvijātau tu prājāpatyaṃ viśodhanam

> as well as intercourse with their women and dining together with them, / if he has stayed for a month, a Prājāpatya penance purifies a twice-born person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.18)
- [Next: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.20)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.19) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.19) — Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.19) · Pramāṇa
