[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.s14.18 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.18 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s14.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.18) 17. For the avoidance of acts that, though dharmic, cause scandal (\*lokavikruṣṭa\*), see \*Manu\* 4. 176; see also Robert Lingat, \*Les Sources du droit dans le système traditionel de l'Inde\* (Paris, 1967), 214. On the blameless practice of local custom even if contrary to the dharma, see Kane, \*History\*, 3: 861, and Lingat, \*Les Sources du droit\*, 220f. - [Previous: c19.s14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.17) - [Next: c19.s14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.19) - [Up: c19.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.176) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.18) · Pramāṇa