Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.22

v1.c3.s18.22

Dakṣiṇā-praṣṭi denotes ‘the side horse on the right.’ It appears from two passages of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹ that there were at times four horses yoked to the chariot, the right and the left yoke horse (dakṣiṇā-yugya, savyā-yugya) in the middle, flanked by one on each side, the two latter of course not being fastened to the yoke at all, but presumably by traces alongside of the yoke horses. See Ratha.