The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.6

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"Eater": of the people, 109; of rights, 185, 186 Empire, traditional: of Mauryas, 20, 96; of Mughals, 16–20, 160–73, 243n.44 Encompassment, 104, 187f Enigmatic formulation, 71–73, 79. *See also Brāhman* Enthronization, 119 Epics, pattern of, 41, 87, 123, 148 Equivalence. *See* Identification Error in ritual, 75, 88, 90, 223nn.26, 28 Evil: of death, 85; passed on, 32, 135; of sacrificer, 79, 208nn.6, 9; turned into opposite, 27f., 219n.13. *See also* Brahmin Exchange: connubial, 199; of food, 209n.20; hierarchical, 191; in sacrifice, 30, 50, 72, 79, 200; and sharing, 185 Exchequer, 133