Studies on the history of the theme of Jaya -Vijaya and their incarnations as demons could be one route to tracing the history of this theme. 

Studies on the historical background of the occurrence of this narrative in Bhagavata Purana may provide clues.     

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 3:52 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear friends,

It is often said that the demons killed by Rāma

are in fact liberated or dispatched to favorable rebirths, which of course provides a needed ethical fig-leaf with which to gloss the violence done to them.

The notion that the demon is in fact freed by Rāma is, so far as I am aware, explicit in some cases (e.g. the story of Virādha), but not in every case.

When and where does it become a universal principle applied to all those killed? And are there any studies that you can recommend that focus on this particular theme? (which is perhaps more systematic in Kampan than in Vālmiki??)

Thanks in advance for any references you may be able to provide to scholarship on this subject.

Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études, émérite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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