Do Hindus Practice Animal Sacrifice!?
In the Mahabharata, Shantiparv, it is said: सुरा मत्स्याः पशोमाँस द्विजातीनां बलिस्तथा । धूतै॔: प्रवति॔तं यज्ञे नैतद वेदेषु कथ्यते ॥ Knaves and rascals initiated the
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In the Mahabharata, Shantiparv, it is said: सुरा मत्स्याः पशोमाँस द्विजातीनां बलिस्तथा । धूतै॔: प्रवति॔तं यज्ञे नैतद वेदेषु कथ्यते ॥ Knaves and rascals initiated the
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