[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.s9.24 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.24 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.24 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.24) 22. According to \*Harivaṃśa\* 5, Vena indeed proclaims himself to be the only recipient and celebrant as well as the sacrifice itself: \*aham ijyaśca yaṣṭā ca yajñaśca\*. On the sacrality of kingship, see also below chapter 10, section 6. - [Previous: c19.s9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.23) - [Next: c19.s9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.25) - [Up: c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.24) · Pramāṇa