[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) › 5.5a5 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 5.5a5 Abhijñānaśākuntala 5.5a5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5a5) rā tena hi madvacanād vijñāpyatām upādhyāha somarātaḥ / amūn āśramavāsinaḥ śrautena vidhinā satkṛtya svayam eva praveśayitum arhasīti / aham apy atra tapasvidarśanocite pradeśe sthitaḥ pratipālayāmi / > King. Request my chaplain Somarata in my name to receive these hermits in the manner prescribed by Scripture, and to conduct them himself before me. I will await them in a place fit for their reception. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5) - [Next: 5.5a6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5a6) - [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.5.39) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.5.p44) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.5.p30) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.5a5) · Pramāṇa