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020 _a9780226322995 (pbk.)
082 0 0 _a306.0934
_bHEE
100 1 _aHeesterman, J. C.
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245 1 4 _aThe inner conflict of tradition :
_bessays in Indian ritual, kingship, and society
260 _aChicago
_bUniversity of Chicago Press
_c1985
300 _ax, 255 p.
500 _ahttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo5974489.html
520 _a"TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition 2. Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer 3. The Case of the Severed Head 4. The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual 5. The Origin of the Nastika 6. Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence 7. Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age 8. The Conundrum of the King’s Authority 9. Kautilya and the Ancient Indian State 10. Power, Priesthood, and Authority 11. Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj 12. Caste, Village, and Indian Society 13. Caste and Karma: Max Weber’s Analysis of Caste"
650 _aIndia
_9456
650 _aCivilization
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651 0 _aIndia
_xCivilization.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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