Ph.D. Sanskrit Vedanta is a doctorate level course in Sanskrit with a duration of 3 Years. Vedanta is the most noticeable of the six (?stika) schools of Hindu way of thinking. Actually signifying "finish of the Vedas", Vedanta reflects thoughts that rose up out of the hypotheses and methods of reasoning contained in the Upanishads. It doesn't represent one far reaching or binding together principle. Or maybe it is an umbrella term for some sub-conventions, extending from dualism to non-d