Question

In which of the following text ‘Bhujangikaran’ Prānāyāma is described?
(A) Yoga Vāshishtha
(B) Shiva Samhita
(C) Hatha Ratnāvali
(D) Siddha Siddhānta Paddhati

Answer 1

Prāṇāyāma is mentioned in verse 4.29 of the Bhagavad Gītā

Answer 2

(C) Hatha Ratnāvali

Bhujangasana is described as the back-bending asana in hatha yoga. It is ordinarily administered in a sequence of asanas in which one form salutation to God Sun.  This sitting posture from forms correspondence to a cobra posture with a lifted hood. The posture is depicted in the 17th-century in the handbook of hath yoga and described by Gheranda Samhita.