[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.s3.85 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.85 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.85 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.85) 86. \*Manu\* 6. 83 prescribes the recitation of texts bearing on (a) ritual equivalences (\*adhiyajñam brahma\*), (b) macrocosmic equivalences (\*ādhidaivikam\*), (c) the equivalences referring to the self (\*ādhyātmikam\*), and (d) vedānta (\*vedāntābhihitaṃ ca yat\*). A hierarchical gradation seems to be intended, building up to the meditation on the (interiorized) ritual. - [Previous: c19.s3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.84) - [Next: c19.s3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.86) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.83) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.85) · Pramāṇa