[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) › c20.6 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.6 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c20.6 - **Language:** English ### [c20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.6) "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 - [Previous: c20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.5) - [Next: c20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.7) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c20.6) · Pramāṇa