[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.s7.22 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.22 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.22 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.22) 22. E.g., \*Mbh\* 2. 22. 17; 5. 141. 29ff; 12. 98. 12ff. It is not fortuitous that Śiśupāla’s decapitation by Kṛṣṇa (see above, n. 19) takes place in the context of the rājasūya sacrifice. - [Previous: c19.s7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.21) - [Next: c19.s7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.23) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.22.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.22) · Pramāṇa