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DEVALA - AN ANCIENT AUTHORITY ON DHARMA : - 4 Devala is one of the most prominent and ancient authorities
on Dharma. Sankar膩c膩rya mentions him as a Dharmasutrak膩ra in his
celebrated commentary on the Brahmasutras 1. He is also mentioned
2 as a Smrtikara (law-giver) in the several lists those of eighteen,
twenty-one & thirty-six Smrtikaras. The commentators & digest-
writers on Dharmasastra, have unequivocally accepted Devala,
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as one of the greatest authorities on Dharmasastra.
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A MISFORTUNE - LOSS OF DEVALASMRTI IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM :
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Unfortunately, the genuine original & complete work on
Dharmasastra of such a great Smrtikara, has become extinct, in
the course of time.
There is a metrical smrti ascribed to Devala, in the printed
collections of smrtis鲁. It contains merely ninety verses that treat
the subject of purification of persons, associated with mlecchas.
Mm.P.V.Kane remarks, "This appears to be a late compilation" 4.
Hence it is evident that it is a fragmentary & a later work,
ascribed to Devala.
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1 SOURCES OF RECONSTRUCTION :
But his genuine smrti has been unconsciously preserved & is
still surviving through the multifarious quotations in the
Dharmasastra-works. The works on Dharmasastra i.e. the digests
& commentaries abound in quotations from very ancient smrtis of
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