[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) › 2.7a2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 2.7a2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.7a2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a2) rā sarvaḥ kāntam ātmīyaṃ paśyati / ahaṃ tu tām āśramalalāmabhūtāṃ śakuntalām adhikṛtya bravīmi / > King. Yes, every one thinks himself beautiful. But I was speaking of Shakuntala, the ornament of the hermitage. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.7a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a1) - [Next: 2.7a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a3) - [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.2.51) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p107) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p45) — 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 (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.1477) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.8) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.7a2) · Pramāṇa