The first three are commonly grouped together, as the Samhitas comprising the four Vedas: rg, atharvan, yajus, saman, which together constitute the oldest texts in Sanskrit and the canonical foundation both of the Vedic religion, and the later religion known as Hinduism.

Rg-vedic

Many words in the Vedic Sanskrit of the Rg·veda have cognates or direct correspondences with the ancient Avestan language, but these do not appear in post-Rigvedic Indian texts. The

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