Essay name: Devala-smriti (critical study)
Author:
Mukund Lalji Wadekar
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This essay represents an English study of the Devala-smriti—an ancient text attributed to sage Devala classified as belonging to the Dharma-Shastra branch of Indian literature which encompasses jurisprudence and religious law. This study deals with the reconstructed text of the Devala-smriti based on surviving references, emphasizing Devala’s unique viewpoints on social, religious, and philosophical aspects, particularly the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies.
Chapter 7 - The home of Devala
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C51 Kasama, defeated him in a war & there was thus the rule of Muslims in about 712 A.D. Evidently, the Hindus living there, were very much troubled & forcibly converted to Islam, by Muslims. After about 20 years, the Rajaputas were successful in defeating & driving away) the Muslims. Devala, the social reformer of Sindh, tried to solve the problem of re-admittance of Hindus converted & troubled by the Mlecchas. He advocated that the person, having association with the Mlecchas, even for 20 years, can be purified by explations, but beyond that limit, there is no means of purification. This statement also corroborates the above history, narrated by Dr. Ketakar. { '
CONCLUSION:
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The home of Devala, the author of the reconstructed text,
is definitely the North India. He might be living at the Adityatīrtha,
on the bank of river Sarasvati. But the chapter on Mlecchitasuddhi
was definitely ordained by Devala, sitting at ease on the bank of
river Sindhu.
Thus it can be definitely maintained that North India was
the home of Devala & the present reconstructed text.
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