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# The Law Code of Devala 73

Devalasmṛti 73

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.73)

suvarṇadānaṃ godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ gavāhnikam  
viprebhyaḥ saṃprayaccheta prāyaścittī viśudhyati

> A gift of gold, a gift of a cow, a gift of land, and daily food for cows— / he should bestow \[these\] upon Brahmins; the penitent becomes pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.73) — Sanskrit

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