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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.2a2

Devanāgarī recension 6.2a2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.2a2)

prathamā yadi mama api khalv ardham arcanaphalasya /

> First maid. If I do, you must give me half the reward of the offering.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (4)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.50) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p22) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p54) — Sir William Jones 1789, English
- [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p8) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English

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