[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) › c12.s1.3 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c12.s1.3 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c12.s1.3 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s1.3) In the meantime, it will have become clear that the difference between the rājasūya of the \*Yajurveda\* and the abhiṣeka in the \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\* is not a result of confusion but of the way in which the cycle was cut. The \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\* begins with the enthronization, which is followed by the unction. But there the matter does not end, for, as we have seen, after the unction the king goes abroad on a war or raiding expedition. This is also clearly indicated in the \*Aitareya Brāhmaṇa\*. After the punarabhiṣeka, the king not only makes three steps to the north—which is a symbol of departure and conquest—but the text follows this up with instructions and explanations regarding battle rites.⁸⁰ Still clearer is the case of the \*aindramahābhiṣeka\* in the same text, where a list is given of kings who performed this ceremony, went out on conquest, and on their return performed another consecratory sacrifice, namely, the horse sacrifice.⁸¹ - [Previous: c12.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s1.2) - [Next: c12.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s2.1) - [Up: c12.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s1) ## Cites (2) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s1.3) · Pramāṇa