Editing Dayananda Saraswati (section)

==Assassination attempts==

Dayananda was subjected to many unsuccessful assassination attempts on his life.<ref name="The World p. 123"/>

According to his supporters, he was poisoned on a few occasions, but due to his regular practice of [[Hatha Yoga]] he survived all such attempts. One story tells that attackers once attempted to drown him in a river, but Dayananda dragged the assailants into the river instead, though he released them before they drowned.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bhavana Nair|title=Our Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2uBqRoRyqQC|year=1989|publisher=Children's Book Trust|isbn=978-81-7011-678-3|volume=4|page=60}}</ref>

Another account claims that he was attacked by Muslims who were offended by his criticism of Islam while meditating on the Ganges. They threw him into the water but he is claimed to have saved himself because his [[pranayama]] practice allowed him to stay under water until the attackers left.<ref>Vandematharam Veerabhadra Rao (1987) ''Life Sketch of Swami Dayananda'', Delhi. p. 13.</ref>