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# Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.16a2

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.16a2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.16a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.16a2)

dau tathā / (iti niṣkramya karabhakeṇa saha praviśya) eṣa bhartā / upasarpa /

> Door-keeper (goes out and returns with KARABHAKA). Karabhaka, here is his Majesty. You may draw near.  
> — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)

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## Translations (3)

- [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.2.115) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p224) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p100) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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