[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.s4.72 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.72 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.72 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.72) 67. In this connection, it may be interesting that the words Baudhāyana uses for describing the posting of the vaiśya (\*tāṃ dakṣiṇato gopāyann āste\*) could be interpreted as “he keeps himself south of it (the anthill), acting as a cowherd.” The anthill and the loam pit thus seem to be simple emblems of what the systematized rite actually stands for, conquest of head and cattle (see also above, n. 20). - [Previous: c19.s4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.71) - [Next: c19.s4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.73) - [Up: c19.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.72) · Pramāṇa