Aim & Scope

Aim

The Siddhanta Journal of Knowledge Systems aims to establish the study of knowledge systems as a rigorous and shared field of inquiry across civilisations and disciplines.

The Journal provides a scholarly platform for examining not only what is known, but also how knowledge is generated, warranted, measured, represented, transmitted, preserved, revised and applied across different traditions, disciplines and institutional settings.

Scope

SJKS welcomes research on classical, Indigenous, religious, scientific, technical and computational knowledge systems, from antiquity to the present.

Its scope extends across regions, languages and communities. The Journal is particularly concerned with the structures, standards and processes through which knowledge is established, sustained, evaluated and transformed.

Eight Functions of Knowledge

The Journal’s working scope is organised around eight functions of knowledge:

Thematic Scope

Research published in SJKS is organized within seven Thematic Domains:

• Foundational Frameworks and Epistemic Autonomy — Philosophical and epistemic foundations of knowledge systems.
• Canonical Texts, Auxiliary Sciences and Indigenous Hermeneutics — Texts, interpretation, language sciences and transmission.
• Indigenous Pedagogy and Native Educational Praxis — Learning traditions, apprenticeship, assessment and curriculum.
• Applied Knowledge Systems and Practical Sovereignty — Knowledge in practice across health, agriculture, governance and ecology.
• Textual Studies, Philology and Manuscript Preservation — Manuscripts, editions, textual transmission and conservation.
• Integrative Interdisciplinary Research — Dialogue between traditional knowledge systems and contemporary disciplines.
• Critical Reviews and Indigenous Research Methodologies — Methodological critique, reviews and approaches to studying knowledge traditions.

The domains, and the lenses through which they are examined, are set out under Intellectual Framework.