[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) › [The Recognition of Śakuntalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 1.17b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.17b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.17b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17b1) rājā katham iyaṃ sā kaṇvaduhitā / asādhudarśī khalu tatrabhavān kāśyapo ya imām āśramadharme niyuṅkte / > King (to himself). And this is Kanva's daughter, Shakuntala. (In surprise.) The good Father does wrong to make her wear the hermit's dress of bark. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.16) - [Next: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.50) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p42) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17b1) · Pramāṇa