[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.s11.10 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s11.10 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s11.10 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11.10) 10. Or he is the king himself. This, at least, is the opinion of the \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*, which has the sacrificer himself in the place of the rājanya or rājan. \*MS\* 4. 3. 8, on the other hand, distinguishes the rājan from the sacrificer. - [Previous: c19.s11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11.9) - [Next: c19.s11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11.11) - [Up: c19.s11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11) ## Linked texts (2) - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.4.3.8) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s11.10) · Pramāṇa