[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) › [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt) › 42 # The Law Code of Devala 42 English (machine translation) 42 - **Language:** English ### [42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.42) When a Brahmin woman and a Śūdra woman touch each other while menstruating, / she is purified after five nights without food, by the five products of the cow. - [Previous: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.41) - [Next: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.43) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.42) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.42) · Pramāṇa