[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.s3.25 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.25 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.25 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.25) 25. It is noteworthy that in the Āditya-Aṅgiras story the parties exchange competing invitations and participate together in the ceremony. In the case of Keśin and Khaṇḍika, each performs his own separate ceremony, only announcing it to the opponent. These ceremonies are supposed to bring about their result automatically, by means of the classical arsenal of normalized liturgical operations in which there is no place for a real contest. - [Previous: c19.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.24) - [Next: c19.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.26) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.25) · Pramāṇa