Although not examining the south Indian material from the angle of possible pre-Vedic origins, Madeleine Biardeau's "Bra^hmanes combattantes dans un mythe du sud de l'Inde," Adyar Library Bulletin, Drr. V. Raghavan Felicitation Volume 31-32 (1967-68) is relevant to the subject as titled above. Alf Hiltebeitel