[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.s4.25 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.25 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.25 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.25) ²⁵ The notion of a contest for the secret also seems present in the version given in \*ŚB\* 14. 1. 1. 18–24. Indra forbade Dadhyañc to teach the secret on pain of having his head cut off. The Aśvins cheat Indra by giving Dadhyañc a horse's - [Previous: c19.s4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.24) - [Next: c19.s4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.26) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.14.1.1.18) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.25) · Pramāṇa