Question: what is the difference between vedas and vedanta?
Answer: Veda are 4 vedas. Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. Vedanta is ved+anta (the end/final portion of vedas) which is Upanishads. ... Besides, Vedanta is also the name of one of the indian intellectual schools of thought (darshana) whose philosophy is not only drawn from vedas but also from Gita and vishnu purana.