Is There Human Sacrifice In Vedic Dharma

Written By- Vedic Dharmi Ashish It is often alleged by Muslims that Vedic religion has the tradition of human sacrifice.For this, these foolish people make futile attempts to prove their point by blaming the Purush Medh Yajna described in the Vedas and Brahmin texts. Real Meaning Of Purusha Medha : Giving wrong meaning of Purush Medha, these people say that "Purush" means The Male and "Medha" means its sacrifice which is totally against the Vedic grammar. Now we will explain the real meaning of the word "Medha" and also it's meaning as per Vedic grammar and it's context. Nighantu (3/17) Fifteen names of Yajna are mentioned in the Vedic dictionary Nighantu (3/17) by Maharshi Yaska Acharya. In this, one name of Yajna is Medha. But the thing worth noticing is that here another name of Yajna is also mentioned as "Adhvar" which means violence-less . Shatpath Brahman(1/2/4/5) In Shatapath Brahmana also, Yagya has been described as Adhvar...