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 mikä, 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 to being like a "tree universally spread."
