About PIJDS
Aims & Academic Scope
Poorvam International Journal of Dharma Studies (PIJDS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to high-standard research in Indian philosophy, religious traditions, hermeneutics, and comparative ethics.
The journal provides a rigorous forum for critical, analytical, and text-grounded scholarship. It bridges traditional panditic erudition with modern critical scholarship, investigating how foundational Sanskrit, Prakrit, and vernacular texts engage questions of ontology, epistemology, consciousness, justice, and human flourishing.
Key Research Pillars
- Classical Darśana Systems: Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā, and the multiple traditions of Vedānta (Advaita, Viśiṣṭādvaita, Dvaita, Śuddhādvaita, Bhedābheda).
- Heterodox & Sramanic Traditions: Buddhist philosophy (Madhyamaka, Yogācāra, Abhidharma) and Jaina epistemology (Syādvāda, Anekāntavāda).
- Dharmaśāstra & Indic Jurisprudence: Canonical frameworks of law, ethics, social duty, conflict resolution, and institutional ethics.
- Textual Hermeneutics & Manuscript Studies: Critical editions, philological inquiries, paleography, and translation studies with critical commentaries.
- Environmental & Applied Dharma: Indic ecological perspectives, sacred geography, bioethics, and sustainable human-nature paradigms.
- Comparative & Global Philosophy: Constructive engagement between Indian philosophical insights and Western phenomenology, deconstruction, and ethical theory.
Peer Review & Editorial Standard
PIJDS enforces a strict Double-Blind Peer Review policy for all research submissions. Author identities are concealed from reviewers and reviewer identities are concealed from authors throughout the entire editorial workflow.
Submissions undergo initial desk screening by the Managing Editor to ensure scope fit, textual rigor, and originality. Qualified manuscripts are assigned to at least two independent subject-matter scholars for evaluation.
Linguistic & Scholarly Standards
Submissions must be composed in scholarly English. Romanized Indic terms (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, Tamil, etc.) should follow the IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) scheme with proper diacritical marks.
Devanagari citations are welcomed where exact verse or aphorism references are critical, accompanied by transliteration and English translation.