[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) › 7.20a2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20a2 Devanāgarī recension 7.20a2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2) tāpasī sarvadamana śakuntalāvaṇyaṃ prekṣasva / > First woman. Look, All-tamer. Here is the bird, the shakunta. Isn't the shakunta lovely? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.20a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a1) - [Next: 7.20a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.87) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.7.p25) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasārṇavasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p2) — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a2) · Pramāṇa