The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.12

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Kachin, 146 *Kalivarjya*, 87 Karma, *karman*: individualized, 30, 198, 211n.48; ritual work, 34, 80; and theodicy, 195 *Kastensoteriology*, 195, 197 Kauṭilya, 6, 108, 111, 128, 130, 132, 140, 148f., 156, 231n.30. *See also* Arthaśāstra Keśin Dārbhya, 29, 209n.20 King: and brahmin, 7, 15, 112, 114, 131, 142, 154f., 189; and dharma, 108, 115, 154, 198; exiled, 41, 149; "maker of the age," 112; number of mythic, 232n.56; primus inter pares, 131, 146; proclaimed *brahmán*, 79, 96; and *ratnins*, 143–46; relationship of with people, 109, 131, 138, 144; ritual beating of, 232n.56; and self-discipline, 131f.; share of, 139, 247n.37; shunned by brahmin, 103, 246n.32; transfer of function of during horse sacrifice, 125; *See also* Kingship Kinglessness, 116 Kingmakers, 114, 138f Kingship: connective, 6, 151; dispersed, 147, 148, 151; multiple, 147, 148, 151; mythic origin of, 115f., 142; problematic character of, 5, 108, 118; sacral, 110f., 131, 151 Kinship, 144, 210n.38 Knowledge, 44, 48, 49, 94 Kolff, D. H. A., 207n.24 Kṛṣṇa, 226nn.19, 22 *Kṣatra*, 112, 141f. *Kṣatriya*: and brahmin, 246n.22; duties of, 214n.89; exclusion of from sacrifice, 77, 91; impurity of, 92; transformation of into brahmin, 29f. *Kṣattr*, 239n.12 *Kṣemya*, 106