[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.s3.99 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.99 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.99 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.99) 100\. This does not mean, of course, that the actual brahmin is necessarily a renouncer; usually he is not. But it is the ideal image of the brahmin that is the mainspring of brahminical prestige. Brahminization (I prefer this term to Sanskritization) is therefore not simply the imitation of the local brahmin; it refers to the ideal brahmin. The non-brahmin is thus enabled to "out-brahmin" the brahmin. To a great extent, this may be the ideological background of "anti-brahminical" movements, past as well as present. - [Previous: c19.s3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.98) - [Next: c19.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.1) - [Up: c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.99) · Pramāṇa