Like a Tree Universally Spread

This book examines the life of a nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri Sabhapati Swami (?r? Sabh?pati Sv?m? or Cap?pati Cuv?mika?, ca. 1828-1923/4) and his unique English, Tamil, Hindi, and Bengali literature on a Sanskrit-based system of yogic meditation known as the "R?jayoga for ?iva" (Tamil: civar?jay?kam, Sanskrit: ?ivar?jayoga), the full experience of which is compared...