Tantra is a hidden, ritual-based religious practice that uses symbolic language.
The term's precise translation is debatable; it's generally
referred to as "twilight language" because of its eerie and enigmatic
nature, while Agehananda Bharati insists that it means "deliberate
language." The aspects of tantric worship and practice are stated in a
coded language derived from the human body's parts and functions, which is
considered private by conventional standards.
Nonini tiates are kept in the dark about the tradition's
fundamentals, and the speakers are projected into a different perspective.
Such terminology confirms the widespread perception of
tantric practitioners as fully debased among non-initiates.
Although commonly utilized in Buddhist tantra, according to
Douglas R. Brooks in The Secret of the Three Cities, 1990, Sandhabhasha is less
prevalent among Hindus, who prefer to use ordinary terms with contextually
specialized meanings for their coded language.
Swami Agehananda Bharati, The Tantric Tradition, 1977;
Appendix A in Linda Hess and Shukdev Singh (trans. ), The Bijak of Kabir, 1983;
and Douglas Renfrew Brooks, The Secret of the Three Cities, 1990, for further
details.
