The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.2

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Baal, J. van, 225n. 11 Bali, 101 Bandhu, 71, 80 Baudhāyana, 52, 53, 55 Beck, B. F., 13, 206n. 12 Bhīṣma, 116, 125 *Bhrātṛvya*. *See* Rival Bhṛgu, 90 *Bhūmiyāwat*, 243n.45 Biardeau, M., 81, 82, 246n.29 Bodewitz, H. W., 213n.77 “Boxing device” of ritual, 118 *Brahmacārin*, 40, 73, 126, 213n.79 *Brahmahatyā*, 76 *Bráhman*: birth from 208n.12; as enigmatic formulation, 4, 71; as intermediary element, 216n.32; and *kṣatra*, 112, 141f.; and wilderness, 126. *See also* Brahmán; *Brahmodya* Brahmán: at *brahmodya*, 72, 221n.12; as healer of sacrifice, 27; Indra qualified as, 77, 210n.30, 224n.41; and king, 79, 151, 154; and sacrificer, 6, 28; as sacrificial officiant, 30, 71, 79, 220n.34. *See also* Brahmin *Brāhmaṇa* (text), 97 *Brahmavādin*, 73 Brahmin: desacralized, 155; duties of, 214n.89; as guest, 30; holds authority, 111, 141, 155, 201; not a priest, 150; proclaimed, 154, 208n.12; as renouncer, 4, 43f., 145, 155, 160, 200, 232n.32; sits below king, 142; stands apart, 38, 103, 201, 246n.22; takes over death, 31, 37; as warrior, 3, 106, 126, 210n.30. *See also* King. Brahminization, 12. *See also* Sanskritization *Brahmodya*, 71–74, 76, 100, 126, 150, 221nn.13, 15 Breloer, B., 132 *Bṛhaspatisava*, 120 Brotherhood, 185–87, 189 Buddhism, 95f., 228n.1