[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.s3.29 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.29 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.29 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.29) 30. Brahmins acting as kṣatriyas are mentioned, e.g., \*Mbh\* 12. 22. 6. It is said of Indra that he is a son of Brahman but has become a kṣatriya through his works (\*karmaṇā\*) (\*Mbh\* 12. 22. 11). For Indra as a brahmin, cf. also the subrahmaṇyā recitation, where Indra is addressed, among other epithets, as \*kauśika brāhmaṇa\* (see \*ṢvB\* 1. 1. 21; and Caland and Henry, \*L'Agniṣṭoma\*, no. 49). See also H. P. Schmidt, \*Bṛhaspati und Indra\* (Wiesbaden, 1958), 237–39. - [Previous: c19.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.28) - [Next: c19.s3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.30) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.22.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.29) · Pramāṇa