[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) › c20.12 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.12 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.12 - **Language:** English ### [c20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.12) 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 - [Previous: c20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.11) - [Next: c20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.13) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.12) · Pramāṇa