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# The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.30

The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.30

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### [c19.s6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.30)

22. It is interesting that something of the original openness of the contest is still discernible in the description of this brahmodya: "Some say, 'Agni is the gṛhapati,' . . . some say, 'Vāyu is the gṛhapati,' . . . some say, 'The one that burns yonder (the sun) is the gṛhapati' " (\*AB\* 5. 25. 22).

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## Linked texts (7)

- [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.2.3) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.7.5.9.2) — Sanskrit
- [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.2.6.7) — Sanskrit
- [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.34.5) — Sanskrit
- [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.25) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) — Sanskrit
- [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit

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