[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) › c20.1 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.1 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.1 - **Language:** English ### [c20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.1) \*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 - [Previous: c19.s14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s14.36) - [Next: c20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.2) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.1) · Pramāṇa