[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) › 1.22a8\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.22a8\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.22a8\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.22a8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a8_2) ana tam āvayoḥ priyasakhyāḥ prabhavam avagaccha / ujjhitāyāḥ śarīrasaṃvardhanādibhis tātakāśyapo 'syāḥ pitā / > Anusuya. Know, then, that he is the source of our friend's being. But Father Kanva is her real father, because he took care of her when she was abandoned. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.22a7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a7_2) - [Next: 1.22a9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a9_2) - [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.1.122) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p239) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p114) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a8_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.22a8_2) · Pramāṇa