[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.s5.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c12.s5.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c12.s5.4 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s5.4) One more detail of this procedure is noteworthy: when commending himself, the would-be pupil should offer his teacher a \*sāmūlājina\* (possibly a sort of carpet), a jewel, and a golden ornament. These items are elsewhere called the king’s ornaments (\*rājñaḥ pariṣkāra\*).¹⁰² The meaning seems to be clear: in accordance with the cyclically alternating pattern, king and teacher exchange their qualities, the king becoming a \*brahmacārin\*, the teacher receiving the royal ornaments. - [Previous: c12.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s5.3) - [Next: c12.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s6.1) - [Up: c12.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c12.s5.4) · Pramāṇa