[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) › 2.11 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.11 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.11) abhimukhe mayi saṃhṛtam īkṣitaṃ hasitam anyanimitakṛtodayam / vinayavāritavṛttir atas tayā na vivṛto madano na ca saṃvṛtaḥ // vidu na khalu dṛṣṭamātrasya tavāṅkaṃ samārohati / > When I was near, she could not look at me; > She smiled--but not to me--and half denied it; > She would not show her love for modesty, > Yet did not try so very hard to hide it. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. Did you want her to climb into your lap the first time she saw you? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.11b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.11b1) - [Next: 2.12b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.12b1) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.71) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p138) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p60) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.82) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśakuntalaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghava-bhatta.10.5.82) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitaratnakosa.17.41) — Vidyākara, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.11) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.11) · Pramāṇa