I am writing a thesis on certain elements of Yajur Veda and I am very confused regarding the Purushamedha

It seems quite confusing as to where the Vedas stand on this issue. The Purusa-medha seems to strongly to suggest that in the Vedic period, human sacrifices were performed by Brahmanas. Many scholars say that the Purusa-medha was only symbolic and nobody was really killed. However, in the Satpatha Brahmana texts and also in Bhagavata Purana we find the story of Sunahsepha, who was chosen as a sacrificial victim by the brahmanas and was almost offered in sacrifice.

Anyhow, I am not interested in scholars speculations. I am more interested in what sampradayik Vaishnavas have to say on this matter. Could you find time to ask any Sri or Madhva scholars what the Purusha-medha was about and if anyone was actually sacrificed. If it was symbolic, how do we account for the story of Sunahsepha?

What do purvacaryas such as Acharya Ramanuja, say about the Purushamedha?

Worshiping Ramanujar with soul-melting devotion itself gives that bliss of Bhagawath Anubhawam.
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
Vinjamoor S. Vijaya Raghavan.