[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) › c20.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.4 - **Language:** English ### [c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.4) Dadhyañc, 47, 215n.17 Dakṣiṇā, 27f, 30f., 46, 64f., 79, 211nn.49, 52, 225n.53 \*Daṇḍa\*, 122, 234n.84 Das, Veena, 246nn.26, 32 \*Daśapeya\*, 30, 120 Death, 33, 153 Deccan, 161, 163 Defourny, M., 219n.12 Devas: and conflict with the asuras, 47, 49, 57, 79, 90, 209n.20, 210n.40, 215n.17; driving of, 99, 107; non transcendence of, 88, 155 \*Dharma\*: and adharma, 2, 111, 196; based on \*śruti\*, 11, 81, 82f., 96, 156; dilemma of, 11; and king, 108, 115, 232n.53; rule of, 156f., 198; and wilderness, 118 Dhīra, 221n.15 \*Dhruvagopa\*, 85, 222n.24 \*Dīkṣā\*, 27, 92, 119, 216n.34 \*Dīkṣita\*: and \*daṇḍa\*, 122; as impure, 27, 92, 208nn.6, 9, 228n.47; proclaimed a brahmin, 154; in search of knowledge, 126; as warrior, 40, 86, 92, 227n.46 Disenchantment, 101, 200 - [Previous: c20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.3) - [Next: c20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.5) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.4) · Pramāṇa