In Northern India Meria were humans purchased to be sacrificed to the Lord. Sometimes it was a person’s own son. Compare this to Bible verse:
Genesis, the first book of the Bible, has Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son to God. “Take your son, your only son – yes, Isaac, whom you love so much – and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you.” (Genesis 22:1-18)
2 words 2 very similar words – Meriah and the land of Moriah.