[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.s3.67 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.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. - [Previous: c19.s3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.66) - [Next: c19.s3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.68) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.67) · Pramāṇa