[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.s10.57 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.57 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s10.57 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.57) ⁵⁵ \*AŚ\* 5. 6. 34: \*Ayaṃ vo nikṣepaḥ, pitaram asyāvekṣadhvaṃ sattvābhijanam ātmanaśca, dhvajamātro 'yaṃ, bhavanta eva svāminaḥ, kathaṃ vā kriyatām iti\*. Scharfe takes \*ātmanaḥ\* as referring to the pretendent (\*Untersuchungen\*, 219); it would, however, seem that an appeal to the mahāmātras' own quality and honor as masters of the realm is perfectly in keeping with the context. - [Previous: c19.s10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.56) - [Next: c19.s10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.58) - [Up: c19.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s10.57) · Pramāṇa