[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) › [Abhijnanasakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) › 2.9 # Abhijnanasakuntalam 2.9 Abhijñānaśākuntala 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.9) citre niveśye parikalpitasattvayogā rūpoccayena manasā vidhinā kṛtā nu / strīratnasṛṣṭir aparā pratibhāti sā me dhātur vibhutvam anucintya vapuś ca tasyāḥ // vidu yady evaṃ pratyādeśa idānīṃ rūpavatīnām / > She is God's vision, of pure thought > Composed in His creative mind; > His reveries of beauty wrought > The peerless pearl of womankind. > So plays my fancy when I see > How great is God, how lovely she. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Clown. How the women must hate her! > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 2.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.9b1) - [Next: 2.10b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.10b1) - [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.2.63) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.2.p124) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.2.p54) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.78) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.4.21) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.2.10) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.shukla-1960.v2.c79.16) — Shukla 1958, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.2.9) · Pramāṇa