[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) › 4.8 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 4.8 Abhijñānaśākuntala 4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.8) amī vediṃ paritaḥ kḷptadhiṣṇyāḥ samidvantaḥ prāntasaṃstīrṇadarbhāḥ / apaghnanto duritaṃ havyagandhair vaitānās tvāṃ bahnayaḥ pāvayantu // pratiṣṭhasvedānīm / (sadṛṣṭikṣepam) kva te śārṅgaravamiśrāḥ / (praviśya) śiṣya bhagavann ime smaḥ / kāśyapa bhaginyās te mārgam ādeśaya / śārṅgarava ita ito bhavatī / (sarve parikrāmanti) > (SHAKUNTALA walks about them from left to right.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kanva. Now you may start, my daughter. (He glances about.) Where are Sharngarava and Sharadvata? (Enter the two pupils.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > The two pupils. We are here, Father. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Kanva. Sharngarava, my son, lead the way for your sister. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Sharngarava. Follow me. (They all walk about.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.8b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.8b1) - [Next: 4.9b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.9b1) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.4.93) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.4.p124) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.4.p94) — 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) - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c10.s8.3) — A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.4.10) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.8) · Pramāṇa