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The "Author Index" from the International Journal of Stroke, published on October 2, 2024, features a diverse array of authors and their corresponding document codes, reflecting a global representation of contributors to stroke research. The index provides a comprehensive list of authors and their codes for easy reference by researchers interested in stroke-related topics. The list includes individuals from various cultural backgrounds and regions, showcasing a broad spectrum of expertise within the academic and medical communities. Each entry in the index lists the individual's name and associated research or professional interests, highlighting the wide range of contributions to stroke research from around the world. [Extracted from the article]

The Bhagavad Gita, a revered Hindu scripture, holds profound significance in the realms of philosophy and spirituality. As a philosophical dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna, it offers timeless wisdom and guidance on various aspects of life and the pursuit of self-realization. This research paper delves into the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, focusing on the integration of Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Jnana Yoga-three prominent paths to spiritual growth and enlightenment. By analyzing their similarities and differences, this paper highlights the integration of these paths and their potential to provide a comprehensive framework for individuals seeking spiritual enlightenment. Through a synthesis of these paths, individuals can develop a balanced and multifaceted spiritual practice, leading to self-realization and a profound connection with the divine. The findings of this research offer insights into the complementary nature of these paths and provide guidance for individuals seeking a harmonious and integrated spiritual journey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is a dialogue between Ștefana Pop-Curseu and Çağlar Yiğitoğulları, a Turkish actor and performer. Yiğitoğulları discusses his background in theatre and his experiences creating his own performances, including his latest production, "The Servants of Beauty," which draws inspiration from the Hindu text Bhagavad Gita. The dialogue explores themes of personal responsibility, choice, and the ethical implications of going to war. The article also touches on the presence of bicycles in the performance, which symbolize an army preparing for war. The text discusses the concept and design of the performance, the importance of artists being heard, and the freedom of interpretation in art. It also explores the director's personal journey, the significance of the rehearsal process, and the importance of space in performances. The director emphasizes that his theater is actor-centered and that performers sacrifice their existence to create something beautiful. The article also highlights the importance of imagination and fantasy in theater, as well as the connection between ancient myths and contemporary life. The director encourages actors to "misuse" their bodies and objects on stage to create unexpected and powerful images, with the goal of challenging the audience's perspective and fostering a sense of community and understanding. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the concept of climate crisis triage as a way to address the challenges of climate change. It emphasizes the need to protect the Earth and its ecosystems, assess the threats posed by climate change, and take action to mitigate its effects. The article also highlights the importance of understanding the reality of the climate crisis and the need for collective cooperation to address it. It concludes by emphasizing the quest for meaning and the importance of finding hope in the face of the climate crisis. [Extracted from the article]

Present research article aims to read poem "Today The Pavilion of Love" based on Bharat Muni's Rasa theory. Rasa theory originates with Bharata Muni's famous and earliest work Nātyaśāstra dealing with poetics and dramaturgy. The theory includes eight important Rasas, Śringāra rasa (the Erotic), Vīra rasa (the Heroic), Raudra rasa (the Furious), Bibhatsa rasa (the Disgusting), Hāsya rasa (the Comic), Adbhut rasa (the Marvelous), Karuna rasa (the Pathetic), and Bhayānaka rasa (the Terrible). Among these, two Rasas, Śringāra and Adbhut - can be found in the selected poem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Implementing Bhagavad Gita in day-to-day practice will facilitate in developing a culturally acceptable form of psychotherapy, which would be possibly more appealing and effective in the Indian context. This narrative review focuses on Bhagavad Gita with the aim to outline its utility in day-to-day psychotherapeutic practices. The article summarizes various psychotherapeutic approaches which are apparent during the dialog between Lord Krishna and Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita. These psychotherapeutic approaches which are evident when one reads the Bhagavad Gita have been compared to modern psychotherapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalytic therapy. It aims to show the similarities between them and further postulate how psychotherapeutic principles from Bhagavad Gita can be used to develop a more indigenous model of therapy which takes this scripture into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although many Hindu communities today foreground women as religious authorities, some lineages officially recognize only men as gurus and renouncers. If official models of religious authority are gendered masculine, what space do women have to embody holiness? This article investigates this question with reference to women in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a transnational religious organization that has developed prominent communities in India and abroad. Amidst an ongoing disagreement about whether women can be gurus in the organization, this article considers how devotee women are cultivating spaces of religious authority in their temple communities and online media forums through embodying Krishna bhakti as a form of vernacular holiness. This includes the development of personal websites and the use of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to produce media content that ranges from overtly devout recordings of temple lectures to subtle signals towards Krishna bhakti in the aesthetic style of social media influencers. Case studies discuss women affiliated with ISKCON communities in India and the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study brings together written and visual evidence of an imposing religious event in the Vallabha sampradāy history: a liturgical performance known as the Festival of the Seven Svarūps. Officiated at the Śrī Nāthjī temple of Nathdwara in 1739–40, it was attended by priests, royalty, and devotees to launch a new period of prosperity and well-being after challenging historical times. This study integrates diverse materials to create a vivid picture of the sumptuous festivity, its organizer (Tilkāyat Govardhanesh, b. 1707), its sponsor (Maharao Durjan Sal of Kota, r. 1723–56), and its sacred participants, the svarūps – the most treasured Krishna icons of the sect. A detailed analysis of the sources will reveal important elements, such as the intertwined network, the Rajput political allies, and the relevance and range of action of the sampradāy in the eighteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Braj is a sacred place revered by Bengali Vaishnavas, followers of the bhakti sect of Vaishnavism, one of four branches of Hindu devotion. Followers of the sect worship the God Krishna, who it is believed manifested in Braj and carried out many divine feats and activities that are imprinted onto the land. Braj today is dotted with thousands of holy shrines, temples and natural places connected to Krishna. Devotees connect to Krishna through the landscape of Braj; it is where the transcendental and the physical realms meet. Braj has been transformed in a multitude of ways with the influx of money from Western sources, commercial enterprises and developers that wish to modernize and commercialize it for the new religious consumer. New infrastructure, condo developments and other changes illustrate both the challenge and the promise of modernity. This paper examines how these transformations are impacting the region of Braj. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Śrī Nāth is one of the most important images of Krishna being worshipped at the temple of Nathdwara in Rajasthan. His devotees consider him to be a living god, he appears in their dreams, and according to their sayings they are in direct contact with him. Śrī Nāth, originally a local deity, is equated with the major Hindu god Krishna. However, while Krishna may be one of the most important gods in India, he is also ambiguous through his acts and words, if not bluntly unreliable. This double nature of Krishna is reflected in the cult of Śrī Nāth. There is an interesting interaction between Śrī Nāth (implying Krishna himself), the main gurus of his cult, i.e., Vallabha (Vallabhācārya) and the latter's son and main successor Viṭṭhalnāth and his devoted disciples. At times, Śrī Nāth feels the need to stick to the official Brahmanical cult of the temple rituals, on other occasions, there is no problem in transgressing any given official rule. The same is true for the primary teachers, who are often put on par with Krishna himself or one of the celestials closely connected to him. Additionally, the disciples can apparently do anything in their frenzies. All of this reinforces the idea that this entire cult belongs to another world (alaukik). It is part of the everyday world (laukik) of Hindu India, but meanwhile, each and every rule can be ignored if the supernatural breaks through. Even the distinction between Hinduism and Islam at times simply does not seem to be of importance anymore. Muslims can become addicted to the passionate love for Krishna through the form of Śrī Nāth, so it is sometimes stated. Each and every partaker in the cult may share the visions of the initiated devotee, at times even without proper initiation. This all adds to the experience of the supermundane and supernatural in this particular cult. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Themed public celebrations, known as festivals, that explore and promote different aspects of local culture contribute significantly to the economic and social well-being of regions. They provide a distinctive image to the place and create a unique, shared, and memorable experience (ME) for visitors. In India, large-scale festivals represent a source of social interaction that generates positive socio-cultural, hedonic, and functional benefits, which are believed to increase happiness and, subsequently, subjective well-being. This paper explores the religious essence of the historic sacred religious site in Udupi, Krishna Matha. To do so, it examines visitors' ME from attending a unique biennial religio-cultural festival known as Paryaya. The quantitative study investigates the impact of ME on subjective well-being (SWB) and the mediating role of satisfaction on this relationship. The study results show that ME has a significant influence on satisfaction and SWB. This study is one of the first in the indigenous tourism literature to test a framework that characterises the relationship between ME, satisfaction, and SWB of visitors in a religious festival setting. It provides a new perspective from which festival organisers and tourism policymakers at the local and state government levels can respond to visitors' needs and plan for the sustainability of such megaevents. Locally, organisers and managers of Krishna Matha may focus on continuing their profileraising outreach efforts on behalf of the location. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Groundnut cultivation required frequent weed control practices for higher seed production, because groundnut is highly susceptible to weed infestation due to its slow growth rate at initial stage and its physiological characteristics like short plant height and underground pod bearing habit. To study the efficiency of two different aspects of weed control by organic and inorganic weed management on groundnut at Farmer’s field of Karukupalayam village, Erode district, India. Methods: A field investigation was conducted during Kharif season 2020-2021 at Krishna College of Agriculture and Technology, Affiliated to TNAU, Coimbatore-3, Tamil Nadu, India. The experiment was laid out in (RcBD) design with three replications. Ten different treatments are 1-5 were organic methods and 6-10 were inorganic methods. Result: The results of the experiments revealed that organic and inorganic treatments were tried, the least weed density, weed dry weight, weed index (18.24%) and highest weed control efficiencyand highest pod yield (2.33 t/ha) and haulm yield (3.05 t/ha), BC ratio (2.56) recorded in inorganic treatment of T9-PE pendimethalin @ 1.5 kg/ha at 2 DAS + PoE Imazethapyr @0.075 kg/ha at 14-20 DAS. It is significantly superior to all other treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary criticism of the book "Lantern in the Sky" by Ram Krishna Singh, an Indian contemporary poet, is presented. Topics discussed include using the haiku elements such as depth and mystery (yugen), contained space (ma), pathos (aware), and simplicity (iki); his observation on a poor woman struggles in life; and activity-driven poetic enchantment within the realm of silence by the poet.

The three books under review are all detailed studies of the religious landscape of Braj in northern India. From the early sixteenth century Braj has been understood by Hindus to be the land in which Krishna was born and grew up. According to a popular saying, "Braj is Krishna and Krishna is Braj." It is the very epitome of an embodied sacred landscape. Scholars in history, religion, and culture have studied Braj extensively; the religious emphasis on the land itself, coupled with increasing awareness of climate change in this era of the Anthropocene, have now brought environmental studies into the analytical picture. David L. Haberman looks at the worship of the stones of Mount Govardhan, the low hillock in the center of Braj, and juxtaposes the Hindu practice of decorating these stones to depict (and embody) Krishna and his consort Radha with scholarly criticisms of such anthropomorphism. These criticisms show the problematic dual roots of the study of religion in Protestant theology and Enlightenment scientific materialism. John Stratton Hawley documents the transformation of Braj in recent decades, as economic and transportation changes have made what used to be a quiet pastoral region into a part of the Delhi megalopolis. He laments many of these changes, such as the environmental degradation of the Yamuna riverbank, the development of flashy new religious centers in the region Hawley dubs "The Mall of Vrindavan" on what used to be the outskirts of the town, and the planned development of a seventy-story skyscraper. He ends by lauding the work of Shrivats Goswami, a well-known scholar-activist from a family with long ties to the region. Sugata Ray provides a longer historical depth to these studies of Braj as he looks at how environmental changes in the period of the Little Ice Age from 1550 to 1850 are reflected in changes in painting and architecture. His introduction of theoretical concepts from geoaesthetics and eco art history greatly enriches the multidisciplinary analysis of the sacred land of Braj that the three books collectively encourage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Bhagavad Gita is a multidimensional, multifaceted and a pithy book by Maharishi Vyas. Easwaranvery aptly designate it "a manual to life". The book is endowed with extremely beneficial knowledge to survive joyfully in all conditions of life. It not only provides a strong and clear perspective towards life but also give insight for an understanding the self eventually leading us to spiritual elevation which is the goal of life. The psychology embedded in the Bhagavad Gita is very thorough and if exploited well it can do wonders in the field of psychology. Rangaswamy rightly said that "The Bhagavad-Gita is the masterpiece of psychotherapy". Arjuna, the best archer of all the times got confused when he was looked upon as the most skilled one among all on the battlefield. Arjuna is a representation of all men in the state of confusion and becoming fearful when a situation of crisis occurs. An anxious and bewildered Arjuna sought guidance from Krishna, intaking decision, to fight or not to fight. This paper intends to present a psychological analysis of Arjuna's state of mind on the battlefield, its similarities with the modern psychoanalysis of Freud and the relevance of this analysis in the contemporary field of psychology and Education. The papers also intends to draw special attention to the role of teacher, student and pedagogy in the teaching learning process through the perspective of Bhagavad Gita with a little reference to NEP 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article revisits the Kishangarh School of painting at its artistic peak under the patronage of Raja Sawant Singh (reigned 1748–57), an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Under his guidance and patronage artist, Nihal Chand painted mostly on the theme of Radha-Krishna. Raja Sawant Singh visualized himself as Krishna and a lady called Bani Thani, a singer-poetess at Kishangarh court as his Radha. She had exquisite facial features which gave birth to a new aesthetic idiom, which included a high forehead, arched brows, drawn-out beautiful eyes and a sharp chin below thin lip. What followed was creation of some very iconic artworks which are much admired among art lovers. Bani Thani became something of a legend as she inspired landmark paintings of a prince and his muse in different settings which were close to being illustrations of the poetic works of Raja Sawant Singh, which he had penned in his devotion to Lord Krishna. The article traces the history and context of this style of the Kishangarh School, a sub-school of the larger Marwar School of Rajasthani painting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deep down every individual in an organization wants to derive maximum satisfaction through his or her performance. It happens only when he/she excels in the role in terms of both efficiency and effectiveness. Research proves that the effectiveness of the work depends not only on the external motivating factors like incentives but it is connected to the 'inner world' of the person. It is here, culture comes into the picture because, it has a major role in shaping the values and morals of a person. The doctrine of Karma Yoga can be regarded as the core of the Indian philosophy of work. It explains the relationship between humankind and work. In his dialogue with Arjuna, Krishna explains the significance of work in human life and right way of doing it. He also emphasizes that only by doing it in right way one can excel; therefore, Karma Yoga can be called as 'Science of Human Excellence. The present paper is an attempt to bring out the two dimensions of Action (Karma) - Independent and Interdependent explained in Bhagavad Gita. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article, titled "Biraha," is a poem that explores the theme of separation and longing for the divine in the context of Krishna worship in Vrindavan, India. The poem describes the musical tradition of samaaj gaayan, where devotees gather to sing in the presence of their deity. The author, Atreyee Majumder, conducted ethnographic research in Vrindavan to understand how devotees experience the absence of Krishna in their everyday lives. The concept of biraha, meaning "separation," is used to capture the devotee's longing and melancholia. The poem reflects the devotee's yearning for a deeper connection with the divine. [Extracted from the article]