[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) › c6.s1.4 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c6.s1.4 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c6.s1.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1.4) For our discussion, two points are of particular interest. First, though the ritual is a regeneration of the universe, it is not a communal, but a strictly private celebration, centering on the single \*yajamāna\* who is the sole beneficiary.⁵ Second, the ritual is the domain of absolute purity; the brahmin ritual specialists are pure and the \*yajamāna\* has to undergo a purificatory ceremony, the \*dīkṣā\*, in order to be admitted to the ritual. - [Previous: c6.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1.3) - [Next: c6.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1.5) - [Up: c6.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s1.4) · Pramāṇa