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# The Law Code of Devala 84

Devalasmṛti 84

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.84)

taptakṣīraghṛtāmbūnāmekaikaṃ pratyahaṃ pibet  
ekarātropavāsaśca taptakṛcchrastu pāvanaḥ

> One should drink hot milk, hot clarified butter, and hot water, each one on successive days, / and fast for one night: the Taptakṛcchra is purifying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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