[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.s3.31 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.31 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.31 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.31) 32. Heesterman, \*Consecration\*, 203ff. Cf. also E. W. Hopkins, “The Position of the Ruling Caste,” \*Journal of the American Oriental Society\* 13 (1889): 99ff. In connection with the king’s court, Hopkins notes that the brahmins “seem a gradual intrusion on the knightly assembly.” - [Previous: c19.s3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.30) - [Next: c19.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.32) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.31) · Pramāṇa