THE "LANGUAGE" OF DIRECTIONS

 In Indic languages, Right Wing is called "Dakshinpanthi".

One would wonder when "Dakshina" means SOUTH, how come RIGHT WING became "Dakshinpanthi"?

Well, it comes from ancient traditions. In the Indic/Vedic system of cardinal directions, EAST (Purva) was the prime cardinal direction since everything was linked to the sun and its path. When you face EAST then SOUTH is on your RIGHT. That is how in Sanskrit, both SOUTH and RIGHT are called "DAKSHINA"

"Dahina" (दाहिना)—and its variations like Dahina in Hindi, Dahin in Bhojpuri, or Dan (ডান) in Bengali—is a direct linguistic descendant of the Sanskrit "Dakshina" (दक्षिण).

Southern Indian Peninsular region is called Deccan which is derived from DAKKHAN or DAKSHIN (extrapolated from the great Southern highway aka "Dakshina Patha")

EAST (Purva) is to your front, also meaning as "earlier or before"

NORTH is to your left (Uttara, which also means "above" or "later/after").

WEST is behind you (Pashchima, which also relates to "behind" or "after"). "Pashchat" (पश्चात्) is the root word here, meaning "behind," "after," or "later". "Pashchima" (पश्चिम) is derived from pashchat by adding a suffix to turn it into a directional adjective meaning "western" or "hindmost".

In Bengali language, I mean sanskari sadhu bhasha "Poshchaat" (পশ্চাৎ) also means "Buttocks" OR "Pashchad-desh" (পশ্চাদ্দেশ), which translates literally to "the rear region" also means "Buttocks".

It even extends further into the cultural concept of Dakshina (the honorarium or offering given to a priest or teacher). Historically, during a ritual, the priest would sit facing east, and the person making the offering would stand to their right side to present the gift—hence, the offering itself became known as Dakshina.

OH BY THE WAY...........

In Arabic a similar system follows

NORTH is called Shamaal/Shmel which also means LEFT. (In spoken dialects like Levantine, it is pronounced Shmeil or Shmel).

In the ancient Semitic and Arabic geographical tradition, the primary direction of orientation wasn't East, but East was still the focal point for mapping and navigation, while the word for "front" often implied facing the rising sun.

Yemen (Al-Yaman): Derived from the root Y-M-N, which means "Right." When facing East, the south is on your right side. So, Al-Yaman literally means "The Land to the Right."

Syria/The Levant (Bilad al-Sham): Historically derived from the same root as Shamal, meaning "Left" or "North." When facing East, this region was to the left.