[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.s6.39 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.39 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.39 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.39) 29. Cf. \*PB\* 4. 9. 14; \*ĀpŚS\* 21. 11. 13ff. \*KātyŚS\* 12. 4. 19–20 makes the reviling of Prajāpati the substance of the brahmodya and calls it \*aguṇākhyāna\*, tale of the negative qualities. \*AB\* 5. 25 and \*KB\* 27. 5 give, instead of blame, the enumeration of Prajāpati's "bodies" ("eater of food and mistress of food," "the fair and the beautiful," etc.), thus eliminating the controversial nature. - [Previous: c19.s6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.38) - [Next: c19.s6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.40) - [Up: c19.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6) ## Linked texts (5) - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba.21.11.13) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.27.5) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.25) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s6.39) · Pramāṇa