In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

1) Tantric texts are written in "twilight language" (sandha-bhasa, gongpay-kay), which, as the Hevajra-tantra states, is a "secret language, that great convention of the yoginis, which the shravakas and others cannot unriddle". This means that the texts of Buddhist tantra cannot be understood without the specific oral commentary by authorized Vajrayana teachers.

2) the Vajrayana tradition, now preserved mainly in Tibetan sects, it has long been recognized that certain important teachings are expressed in a form of secret symbolic language known as saṃdhyā-bhāṣā, 'Twilight Language'. Mudrās and mantras, maṇḍalas and cakras, those mysterious devices and diagrams that were so much in vogue in the Buddhist culture of the 1960s, were all examples of Twilight Language

3) "The growth of literature at Sonepur can be traced to Charyapada, to Matsyendranath and Daripada of the Natha cult. They wrote esoteric poetry in language known as Sandhya bhasa. The local idioms they used are still in currency in this area.

etymology: Twilight language is a rendering of the Sanskrit term sāṃdhyābhāṣā (written also sāndhyābhāṣā, sāṃdhyabhāṣā, sāndhyabhāṣā; Tibetan: དགོངས་པའི་སྐད, Wylie: dgongs-pa'i skad) — or of their modern Indic equivalents (especially in Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Maithili, Hindi, Nepali, Braj Bhasha and Khariboli).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍākamahātantrarāja (II)

Sandhyābhāṣa (सन्ध्याभाष) refers to “secret words”, similar to the concept of Vākchomā (‘verbal secrect sign’).—As is well known, the Hevajratantra introduces sandhyābhāṣa, ‘secret words’. Its nature is very close to the vākchomā of the Vajraḍākatantra and so on, which suggests that this kind of secret verbal signs is one of general factors of the Yoginītantra.

context information

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Samdhy, Bhasha, Sandha, Abhasa.

Full-text: Sandhaya.

Relevant text

Search found 1 books and stories containing Samdhyabhasha, Sāṃdhy-ābhāṣā, Samdhy-abhasa, Sāṃdhyābhāṣā, Samdhyabhasa, Sandha-bhasa, Sāndhyabhāṣā, Sandhyabhasa, Sandhyabhasha; (plurals include: Samdhyabhashas, ābhāṣās, abhasas, Sāṃdhyābhāṣās, Samdhyabhasas, bhasas, Sāndhyabhāṣās, Sandhyabhasas, Sandhyabhashas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)

Kapalikas and Natha Siddhas < [Chapter 2 - Spread and Transition]

show preview