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# The Law Code of Devala 47

Devalasmṛti 47

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.47)

gṛhītā strī balādeva mlecchaigurvīkṛtā yadi  
gurvī na śuddhimāpnoti trirātreṇetarā śuciḥ

> If a woman taken forcibly by Mlecchas has been made pregnant, / the pregnant woman does not attain purification; the other is clean after three nights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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