[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) › c14.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c14.4 - **Language:** English ### [c14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.4) king and brahmin “as a necessary institution.” “In approximate, Western, terms the situation results from the distinction between spiritual and temporal being carried out in an absolute fashion.”¹ - [Previous: c14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.3) - [Next: c14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.5) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c14.4) · Pramāṇa