[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.s9.11 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.11 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.11) being a kṣatriya would not make things any better, for the kṣatriya is reputed to perpetrate all sorts of impure and sinful acts, so that the brahmin is forbidden to officiate for him at the daily agnihotra. See chapter 6, section 7. - [Previous: c19.s9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.10) - [Next: c19.s9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.12) - [Up: c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.11) · Pramāṇa