The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c9.9

c9.9

This pattern still shows to advantage in the classical brahmodyas in the tenth and eleventh books of the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*. Although often, but not always, explicit solutions are given, we can still observe here the crucial significance of silence as the culminating or turning point. The solution, if given, is placed after the silence in a different context, to wit, in a teacher-pupil relationship. In fact, where we expect discussion to be decided by