[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.s4.75 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.75 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s4.75 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.75) 70. Thus when \*ŚB\* 3. 8. 3. 28–29 characterizes offerings from the head as asuric and therefore prohibits them, this seems to indicate a rejection not of “asuric”religion, but of the dualistic pattern in which devas and asuras contend. The rival, the asura, is then excluded. - [Previous: c19.s4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.74) - [Next: c19.s4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.76) - [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.3.8.3.28) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s4.75) · Pramāṇa