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Human sacrifice is no longer officially condoned in any country,[1]and any cases which may take place are regarded as murder.
[edit]Hinduism
[edit]These scriptures also provide evidence of rituals in the Vedic religion, such as the use of mantras for goat sacrifices. Therefore abolishing human sacrifice and replacing it with animal sacrifice. There are four main animal sacrifices in the Hinduism religion that are considered scarifies of divinity, which are horses, oxen, sheep and goat.[2][3] Although later in the Hinduism Religion this was normal, now days Hindu's believe that both animal and humans have a soul and shall not be offered as a sacrifice. This concept is rather know as Ahinsa which is considered the Hindu law of non-injury and no harm.[4]
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[edit]References
[edit]Monier-Williams, Monier. Hinduism. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1885.
- ^ Cahill, Thomas (November 1998). "Ending Human Sacrifice". https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A53885204/PPDS?u=cclc_riverside&sid=bookmark-PPDS&xid=b5f085ba. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Monier-Williams, Sir Monier (1885). Hinduism (9th ed.). Harvard University: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (published Jul 6, 2005). pp. 36–38.
- ^ Das, Veena (2020-06-03), "Being Together with Animals: Death, Violence and Noncruelty in Hindu Imagination", Living Beings, Routledge, pp. 17–31, doi:10.4324/9781003085881-2, ISBN 978-1-003-08588-1, retrieved 2024-10-19
- ^ "Compassion and Nonviolence: Ahimsa". BAPS. Retrieved 2024-10-19.