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² cf., L. Renou, L'ambiguïté du vocabulaire du Rgveda, in J. A., 1939, p. 161-235; see particularly on the character of the gods, p. 220 & ff. Bergaigne, Rel. Véd., Vol. III, p. 3 has already studied the turn-by-turn beneficent and redoubtable character of 'sovereign gods', but they are not the only ones to play a double role vis-à-vis human beings, cf. also J. Filliozzat, Etude de démonologie indienne. La Kumāratantra de Rāvaṇa et les textes paralleles, in Cahiers soc. As., IV, Paris, 1937, on the favourable role of Rāvaṇa, p. 136 & ff.; on the maleficent role (rare, but cf., L. Renou, J. A., 1939, p. 224) of Viṣṇu, p. 72, on that of Gaṇeśa p. 78.