[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.s7.47 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.47 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.47 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.47) ⁴⁶ For the dīkṣita's setting out on a chariot, see \*ĀpŚS\* 10. 19. 6ff.; for his alms begging tour (\*saniyācana\*), ibid. 10. 18. 4ff. Though the two activities are treated by the śrauta rules as two separate episodes, they are clearly connected. Moreover, it would otherwise be inexplicable why the dīkṣita should travel at all. The combination of chariot and “begging” brings us back to the original raiding habits that belong to the ancient sacrificial scenario. Here we see how the ritualists “defused” the warrior aspect of the dīkṣā, namely by disjoining and isolating its elements. In a - [Previous: c19.s7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.46) - [Next: c19.s7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.48) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba.10.19.6) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.47) · Pramāṇa