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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.3b1

Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.3b1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.3b1)

rājā (svagatam) ayaṃ caivam āha / mama api kāśyapasutām anusmṛtya mṛgayāviklavaṃ cetaḥ / kutaḥ

> King (to himself). He says this. And I too, when I remember Kanva's daughter, have little desire for the chase. For  
> — 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.2.16) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p33) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p13) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (2)

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

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.3) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit

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