[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.s4.33 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.33 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.33 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.33) 32. It would seem to me that in this third intermediary element resides the brahman. Its mythical representatives are characterized as brahmins; their slaying is a brahmahatyā. - [Previous: c19.s4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.32) - [Next: c19.s4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.34) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.33) · Pramāṇa