Sadhanavidhi
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Sādhanavidhi (साधनविधि) refers to “rules of practice” (for prāṇāyāma), according to the Haṭhatattvakaumudī, an 18th-century text on Haṭhayoga consisting of fifty-six chapters and approximately 1680 verses.
The Haṭhatattvakaumudī has five chapters on prāṇāyāma (9, 10, 12, 37–38), namely, the preliminary auxiliaries and rules of practice
(sādhanavidhi) for [[Prāṇāyāma[[, an explanation of the names, nature and characteristics of kumbhakas, breathing methods for quelling
suffering, necessary rules for prāṇāyāma and an explanation of prāṇāyāma, which total more than 240 verses.
