[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t5.77 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.77 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t5.77 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.77) ⁴ \*Haraprasāda Sāstrī\* called this language Sandhyā-bhāṣā or "twilight-language," Panchcowrie Banerjee (Visva Bharati Quarterly, 1924, p. 265) called it the language of the borderland between the ancient Āryāvarta and the actual Bengal. \*Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya\* (Ind. Hist. Q. IV, 1928, p. 287 ff.) has, however, shown that the correct name is Sandhā-bhāṣā, and means "intentional speech," \*i.e.\*, enigmatical speech in which a secret meaning is intended. - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.76) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.78) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t5.77) · Pramāṇa