[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) › c20.33 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.33 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.33 - **Language:** English ### [c20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.33) Sacrifice: as absolute order, 84, 88f., 156; agonistic, 28f., 81; and battle, 3, 99, 125, 148, 209n.16; catastrophic, 86; cyclical, 92; without dakṣiṇā best, 38; human, 50, 56, 216n.41; internal, 39, 42, 213n.77; and meal, 64, 89, 93; as model of society, 82, 188; reformed, 5, 50, 87, 91, 106; replaced by ritualism, 100. \*See also\* Ritual; Ritualism - [Previous: c20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.32) - [Next: c20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.34) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.33) · Pramāṇa