Human sacrifice

Vedic Human Sacrifice

• puruSha-medha, and para-vedic traditions consider in veda repo pages.
• Collection of a skull for chayana during a yAga, described here, could involve killing.
• (Almost) sacrifice of Śunaśśepha by ambarISha.
• shunaskarNa+agniShToma where the yajamAna/patnI sacrifice themselves

Non-vedic human sacrifice

• For better harvest (Assam 2015) here.
• For spiritual and other reasons : [TC].
• Comparison:
  • Guru Gobind Singh famously called for human sacrifice volunteers, the panj pyare.
  • among the unmatta-s, abrAham almost sacrificed issac.