[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.18 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.18 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.18) Dakṣiṇā-patha (lit., ‘the road to the south’), ‘the south country,’ is found, as a designation of the Deccan, as early as the Baudhāyana Dharma Sūtra,¹ coupled with Surāṣṭra. A similar expression is dakṣiṇā padā, ‘with southward foot,’ in the Rigveda,² referring to the place where the exile (parā-vṛj) goes on being expelled. This no doubt simply means ‘the south’ beyond the limits of the recognized Āryan world, which even as late as the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad³ appears as bounded by the Vindhyas on the south. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.17) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.19) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (3) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.18) · Pramāṇa