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# The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.40

The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.40

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### [c19.s4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.40)

³⁸ \*KātyŚS\* 16. 1. 33; \*ŚB\* 6. 2. 1. 37–39. \*BaudhŚS\* 22. 2: 119. 9 also mentions golden or clay heads. \*Vādhūla\* keeps the human head (obtained outside the ritual) but substitutes for the other victims animals made from flour (\*piṣṭapaśu\*) (Caland, \*Acta Orientalia\* 4 \[1926\]: 165).

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## Linked texts (6)

- [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.10.9) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba.16.6.2) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.5.1.8) — Sanskrit
- [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.19.8) — Sanskrit
- [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.1.10) — Sanskrit
- [Mānavaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.manava) — Sanskrit

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