[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) › 5.1b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.1b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.1b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b1) (tataḥ praviśaty āsanasho rājā vidūṣakaś ca) > (He walks about. Enter the king, the clown, and retinue according to rank.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > King (smiling). Well, let us sit down. (They seat themselves, and the retinue arranges itself. A lute is heard behind the scenes.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 4.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.4.22.p1) - [Next: 5.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b2) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.5.10) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p2) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p13) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.1b1) · Pramāṇa