[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › [Devanagari recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari) › 6.8a1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.8a1 Devanāgarī recension 6.8a1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a1) viṣūṣaka nanv āsannaparicārikā caturikā bhavatā saṃdiṣṭā / mādhavīmaṇḍapa imāṃ velām ativāhayiṣye / > Clown. Well, you told one of the maids, the clever painter, that you would spend this hour in the bower of spring-creepers. And you asked her to bring you there the picture of the lady Shakuntala which you painted on a tablet. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.8a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a0) - [Next: 6.8a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.89) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p102) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p90) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.6.8a1) · Pramāṇa