The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c10.44

c10.44

It is, of course, easy to see that this construction hides a new contradiction. In simple terms, how should the single individual obviate the practical need for dependence on or cooperation with others in the production of food? The prāṇāgnihotra contradicts the reality of the relationships that of necessity govern the social world. But, then, contradiction is the sign of the transcendent.