<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> It took me far too long to connect the word "Deccan" with "dakshina" in Sanskrit. Wikipedia says that the etymology was something like "Dakshina" (Sanskrit) -> "Dakkhana" (Prakrit) -> "Deccan" (19th century English folks).</p>
