For H.H. Sri Swami Vishnudevananda

Authors for the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center
Swami Durgananda
Swami Sivasananda
Swami Kailasananda

SECOND EDITION

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This American Edition, 2018
First American Edition, 2009
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ISBN: 9781465473189
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