[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) › 53 # The Law Code of Devala 53 English (machine translation) 53 - **Language:** English ### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.53) For one who was seized by force by Mlecchas for five, six, or seven years, / up to ten or twenty \[years\], his purification is prescribed. - [Previous: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.52) - [Next: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.54) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.53) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.53) · Pramāṇa