Vedic Sanskrit is a language of ancient times.
=== Chronology ===Five chronologically distinct strata can be identified within the Vedic language:g-vedicMantraSahit proseBrhmaa proseStrasThe first three are commonly grouped together, as the Sahits comprising the four Vedas: k, atharvan, yajus, sman, which together constitute the oldest texts in Sanskrit and the canonical foundation both of the Vedic religion, and the later religion known as Hinduism
== Phonology ==Vedic differs from Classical Sanskrit to an extent comparable to the difference between Homeric Greek and Classical Greek

