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The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.67

The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.67

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c19.s3.67

68. The commentary of Nandanācārya reads *dānayuddhāpradhānāśca*, “very liberal men and those delighting in strife.” One is tempted to render it as: “those engaging in gift-giving contests,” because nothing could be wrong with liberality, unless it were in an agonistic context.