The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.1

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*Abhigara*. *See* Praiser *Abhiṣeka*. *See* Unction Act of truth, 135 Adharma. *See* Dharma Adhvaryu officiant, 125 Aditi, 67 Ādityas, 29, 209n. 25 *Adṛṣṭa*, 101 Agni, 62, 65, 86 Agnicayana. *See* Fire altar Agnihotra, 89, 93, 102, 226n. 14, 227n. 38 Agriculture, 62, 106 Āhavanīya, 40 Ahiṃsā 82, 96, 98, 196, 225n. 10 *Ahīna*, 209n. 14 Akṣapaṭala, 132, 137 Akṣarakṣitṛ, 137 Akṣavāpa, 137, 239n. 12 "Alighting," 120 *Aṃhas*, 105, 134 *'Āmil*, 165 Anaddhāpuruṣa, 218n. 58 *Anāśyānna*, 37 Angirases, 29, 54, 209n. 20 *Anṛta*. *See* Untruth Anṛtadūta, 79 Anthill, 54, 55, 218n. 61 Ānvīkṣikī, 130, 131, 235n. 7 Apagara. *See* Reviler Apratigṛhya, 37 Āpta, 115 Apūrva, 101, 125 *Araṇya*. *See* Wilderness *Arghya*, 48 Arthaśāstra: on brahmin, 21; and dharma, 111; on financial audit, 6, 132f.; on merchant, 165; and nationalism, 128; purpose of, 130; on renunciatory virtue, 156; on territory, 143. *See also* "Circle of Kings"; Conqueror; Kauṭilya *Arthavāda*, 99, 104 Ascent to heaven, 120 Aśoka, 20, 228n. 2 Āśrama, 40 Asuras. *See* Devas *Aśvamedha*. *See* Horse sacrifice Aśvins, 47f., 215nn. 24, 25 Athar Ali, M., 161, 245n. 8 Ātman, 39 Aurangzeb, 20, 161, 243n. 41 Authority: of brahmin, 111, 141, 155, 201; dispersed, 147, 148, 150; and king(ship), 6, 24, 117; separated from power, 157, 187; transcendent, 125, 127; universalistic, 177, 179 *Avabhṛtha*. *See* Final bath *Avivākya*, 223n. 28 Axial Age, 95, 96, 106, 107, 200 Axial breakthrough, 4f., 157 Ayasthūṇa, 75