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# The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.19a0

Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.19a0

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.19a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.19a0)

sakhyau (tathā kṛtvā) sakhi yadi nāma sa rājā pratyabhijñānamantharo bhavet tatas tasmāy idam ātmanāmadheyāṅkitam aṅgulīyakaṃ darśaya /

> The two friends (do so). Dear, if the good king should perhaps be slow to recognise you, show him the ring with his own name engraved on it.  
> — 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.4.148) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English
- [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p229) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English
- [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p139) — Sir William Jones 1789, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.143) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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