[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) › 4.1a4 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.1a4 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.1a4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a4) ana śakyam idānīm āśvasitum / asti tena rājarṣiṇā saṃprasthitena svanāmadheyāṅkitam aṅgulīyakaṃ smaraṇīyam iti svayaṃ pinaddham / tasmin svādhīnopāyā śakuntalā bhaviṣyati / > Priyamvada. We can breathe again. When the good king went away, he put a ring, engraved with his own name, on Shakuntala's finger to remember him by. That will save her. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.1a3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a3) - [Next: 4.1a5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a5_2) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.29) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p30) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.1a4) · Pramāṇa