The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.5
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c7.5
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gift (*dakṣiṇā*);² how this is to be effected is not stated. Contradictions such as these, where the system breaks, offer a chance to come nearer to the relation between abstract system and reality as well as to the development of the ritual. A case in point is that of the severed head.