[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c11.2 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c11.2 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c11.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11.2) Among the Vedic scriptures only the Upaniṣads are viewed as evidence of a decisive turning point, but only insofar as they, though rooted in ritual thought, are seen to go beyond and to supersede Vedic ritualism. Our attention is thus focused on the suggestive similarities as well as on the divergences of Upaniṣadic and early Buddhist thought.¹ - [Previous: c11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11.1) - [Next: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11.3) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c11.2) · Pramāṇa