[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) › c19.s10.17 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.17 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.17 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.17) 17. \*Aś\* 2. 7. 24–25. \*Pracārasamaṃ mahāmātrāḥ samagrāḥ śrāvayeyur aviṣamamantrāḥ, pṛthagbhūto mithyāvādī caiṣām uttamaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyāt\*. Scharfe translates: “den, der verfahrensgerecht war, sollen die sämtlichen mahāmātra einstimmig verkünden; wer von ihnen zich ausschliesst oder unwahr redet, soll die höchste Strafe geben.” - [Previous: c19.s10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.16) - [Next: c19.s10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.18) - [Up: c19.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.7.24) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.17) · Pramāṇa