  We report the detection of 5 Type-1 thermonuclear X-ray bursts and one
burst-like event in the neutron star LMXB source, Cyg X-2 using X-ray data
obtained with the Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) instrument on
board AstroSat. We carry out an energy resolved burst profile analysis as well
as time resolved spectral analysis for each of the bursts and characterize
their properties. All bursts are weak with burst peak-to-persistent intensity
ratios $<$ 3, decay times $\sim$2 s, and with fluences $\sim$1$\times$10$^{-8}$
ergs/cm$^2$, indicating that the observed bursts are Helium fuelled flashes. An
evolution of the blackbody temperature and radius is also observed during each
burst. We carry out a search for Burst Oscillations (BO) and derive upper
limits to the rms fractional amplitude for BO (for all the bursts) to be
$\sim$1\%. We also carried out search for Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in
the power density spectra and we obtain upper limits to the fractional rms
amplitude as $\sim$3.4\% at frequencies close to $\sim$5.6 Hz. We further carry
out spectral and timing analysis of the non-burst persistent emission along
with a study of the hardness-intensity and colour-colour diagrams. Using
results from our analysis we infer that during this observation in 2016, Cyg
X-2 can be characterized as being in the early Flaring Branch (FB) with a
puffed up accretion disk and a clumpy coronal structure while undergoing
medium-to-high levels of accretion.
