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."