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# The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s5.4

The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s5.4

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### [c19.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s5.4)

20. Cf. \*RV\* 1. 128. 1; 2. 10. 1; 3. 23. 4; 3. 29. 4; 6. 1. 2; 10. 1. 6; 10. 70. 1; 10. 191. 1; \*TS\* 3. 5. 11. 1(d). For the ghee-footed goddess Iḍā, see \*RV\* 10. 70. 3. For “the head of the earth,” on which the ghee libation is made, as the archetypal place of sacrifice, see \*TS\* 6. 1. 8. 2.

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.3.5.11.1) — Sanskrit
- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.128.1) — Sanskrit

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