[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.s9.26 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.26 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s9.26 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.26) 24. See \*Manu\* 7. 2, which reserves kingship for the kṣatriya, who has duly received the \*brāhma-saṃskāra-\*. Most commentators do not take this \*saṃskāra\* to be the rājasūya or another abhiṣeka but the \*upanayana\*, which any member of the “twice-born” varṇas must undergo (Lingat, \*Les Sources du droit\*, 234, n. 1). - [Previous: c19.s9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.25) - [Next: c19.s9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.27) - [Up: c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.2) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s9.26) · Pramāṇa