Biography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda and the Origins of Modern Yoga

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Contents

List of Figures  ix

Preface  xi

Note on Transliteration  xv

Dramatis Personae  xvii

Introduction  1

1. The Turbaned Superman  20


2. Yogis Without Borders  56


3. Here Comes the Yogiman  89


4. Yogi Calisthenics  125


5. Hagiography of a Yogi  154

Epilogue  178

Notes  191

Bibliography  213

Index  229