[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.s4.21 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.21 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.21 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.21) ²¹ On Makha, see the materials in J. Gonda, \*Aspects of Early Viṣṇuism\* (Utrecht, 1954), 167f. Though the etymology remains unclear (cf. M. Mayrhofer, \*Kurzgef. Etym. Wb. des Altindischen\*, s.v.), Grassmann's rendering "Kämpfer" is still interesting. According to Renou, \*makhá\* is a "simple variante phonique du mot maghá," "wealth, gift" (\*Et. Véd. et Pan.\* 4: 62; 8: 69). If these notions of festival, contest, and wealth or gift are combined, Makha turns out to be a complete personification of the potlatch-like festival. - [Previous: c19.s4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.20) - [Next: c19.s4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.22) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.21) · Pramāṇa