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Shakuntala Summary. Dusyanta, a king in northern India, is racing along in his chariot, preparing to shoot a deer. Suddenly, a forest-dwelling ascetic warns him not to shoot, since the deer belongs to the nearby hermitage of Kanva, a great sage.
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Brief Summary: “Shakuntalá” is a young woman raised in an ashram who falls in love with King Dushyanta. After a secret marriage, Shakuntalá is separated from her husband due to a curse. However, fate intertwines when Dushyanta finds Shakuntalá again, but she doesn’t recognize him due to another curse.
Kalidasa’s writings draw heavily from ancient Hindu texts, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata —two vast Sanskrit epics filled with mythology and Hindu teachings. Get the entire Shakuntala LitChart as a printable PDF.
Śakuntalā is a Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa that tells the story of a water nymph and a king who fall in love. Dushyanta, king of India, meets the water nymph Śakuntalā while out...
5 Σεπ 2005 · Our audience is very discriminating, and we are to offer them a new play, called Shakuntala and the ring of recognition, written by the famous Kalidasa. Every member of the cast must be on his mettle.
27 Μαρ 2007 · Sakuntala, a Sanskrit drama, in seven acts. The Deva-Nagari recension of the text, ed. with literal English translations of all the metrical passages, schemes of the metres and notes, critical and explanatory by Kalidasa; Williams, Monier, Sir, 1819-1899
