[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) › 1.30a6 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 1.30a6 Abhijñānaśākuntala 1.30a6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.30a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30a6) sakhyau ārya asaṃbhāvitātithisatkāraṃ bhūyo 'pi prekṣaṇanimittaṃ lajjāmahe āryaṃ vijñāpayitum / > The two friends. Your honour, we feel as if we knew you very well. Pray pardon our shortcomings as hostesses. May we ask you to seek better entertainment from us another time? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 1.30a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30a5) - [Next: 1.30\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30_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.1.173) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.1.p325) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.1.p160) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.60) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.1.30a6) · Pramāṇa