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# The Law Code of Devala 3

Devalasmṛti 3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.3)

kathaṃ snānaṃ kathaṃ śaucaṃ prāyaścittaṃ kathaṃ bhavet  
kimācārā bhaveyuste tadācakṣva savistaram

> How should their bathing, how their cleansing, how their penance be? / What conduct should they adopt? Tell us that in full detail.”  
> — 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.3) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.3) — Sanskrit

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