History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.284

v7.c94.284

The H. Y. P. speaks of eight kinds of Prāṇāyāma (in II. 44). The two most important ones, viz Ujjāyī and Bhastrikā are described by Śrī Kuvalayānanda in chap. IV. pp. 67–68 and chap. VI. pp. 101–115 respectively in his handbook on Prāṇāyāma, part one and the other six viz. Sūryabhedana, Sītkārī, Śītalī, Bhrāmarī, Mūrcchā, Plāvinī in. pp. 6–25 of the handbook part 2. H. Y. P. (II. 48–70) describes all the eight at some length.