[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) › 1.18b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.18b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.18b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18b1) rājā kāmam ananurūpam asya vapuṣo valkalaṃ na punar alaṃkāraśriyaṃ na puṣyati / kutaḥ > King. She is quite right. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > \[paragraph continues\] Yet in truth the bark dress is not an enemy to her beauty. It serves as an added ornament. For > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.17) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.1.55) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p123) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p46) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.35) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.18b1) · Pramāṇa