[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) › 5.21a1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.21a1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.21a1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.21a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a1) śaku nanv ekasmin divase navamālikāmaṇḍape nalinīpatrabhājanagatam udakaṃ tava haste saṃnihitam āsīt / > Shakuntala. One day, in the bower of reeds, you were holding a lotus-leaf cup full of water. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.21a0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a0) - [Next: 5.21a2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a2) - [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.5.115) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p200) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p94) — Sir William Jones 1789, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Arthadyotanikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala!raghavabhatta.10.5.169) — Rāghavabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.21a1) · Pramāṇa