[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) › 6 # The Law Code of Devala 6 English (machine translation) 6 - **Language:** English ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) At a death or a birth, for female slaves, / and for wives taken in natural order of castes, / purification is equal to that of the master; when the master dies, it is by uterine kinship. - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) - [Next: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.7) ## Other recensions (1) - [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.6) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) · Pramāṇa