[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) › 28 # The Law Code of Devala 28 Devalasmṛti 28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.28) pādonaṃ kṣattriyasyoktamardhaṃ vaiśyasya dāpayet prāyaścittaṃ dvijasyoktaṃ pādaṃ śūdrasya dāpayet > Three-quarters \[of the twice-born penance\] is stated for a Kṣatriya; one should assign half for a Vaiśya; / the penance stated for a twice-born, one-quarter of it one should assign for a Śūdra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.27) - [Next: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.28) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.28) · Pramāṇa