English Explanatory Dictionary

twilight language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secret communication system, involving verbal, nonvisual, or visual symbols, associated with tantric traditions in Vajrayana Buddhism and Hinduism.

Word forms

twilight language twilight languages

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit सांध्याभाषा (sāṃdhyābhāṣā).

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