[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) › c20.18 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.18 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.18 - **Language:** English ### [c20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.18) Pair, Pairing, 136, 145, 240n.37 \*Pākayajña\*, 68 Pālāgala, 79 Pancāyat, 134 Pañcāyatī rāj, 181 Pāṇḍavas, 149 \*Pāpman\*. \*See\* Evil Paraśurāma, 30, 142, 152 Pargana, 167 \*Parivrājaka\*, 42 Peasant, 164 Pelsaert, 168f. People, 113. \*See also\* King Perlin, F., 245n.6 Permanent Settlement, 21, 174, 247n.39 \*Piṣṭapaśu\*, 216n.38; 236n.39 Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa, 85 Power: and authority, 141, 157, 187; dispersed, 114, 147, 148, 150, 167 Praiser, 75f., 80, 222n.24 Prajāpati: and contest with Death, 33, 94, 153, 210n.40; as creator, 134, 136; head of, 53; incest of, 61; as personification of systematized ritual, 50; reviled, 76; and sacrificer, 27 \*Prakṛti\* 113, 149 \*Pralaya\*, 229n.25 \*Prāṇāgnihotra\*, 4, 42, 93, 103, 213n.77 \*Prāsahā\*, 236n.38 \*Prāśitra\*, 220n.34 \*Pratirājan\*, 30, 79, 123 \*Pratyavarohaṇīya\*. \*See\* "Alighting" \*Pravṛtti\*, 196, 198 \*Pravrājaka\*, 40 \*Prayujām havīṃṣi\*, 120 Priesthood, 141, 151–53, 157 Pṛthu, 116 Punarabhiṣeka, 117, 234n.89. \*See also\* Unction \*Punarmṛtyu\*. \*See\* Re-death \*Purīṣa\*, 55f. \*Purohita\*, 37f., 42, 144, 151, 155 \*Puruṣa\*. \*See\* Cosmic man - [Previous: c20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.17) - [Next: c20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.19) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.18) · Pramāṇa