[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) › 6.18 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.18 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18) kṛtaṃ na karṇārpitabandhanaṃ sakhe śirīṣam āgaṇḍavilambikesaram / na vā śaraccandramarīcikomalaṃ mṛṇālasūtraṃ racitaṃ stanāntare // > The siris-blossom, fastened o’er her ear, > Whose stamens brush her cheek; > The lotus-chain like autumn moonlight soft > Upon her bosom meek. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.18b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18b1) - [Next: 6.18a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18a5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.165) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.6.p233) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Abhijñāna-Śakuntalam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-goswami.0.3.6.p32-2) — Bidhubhusan Goswami 1916, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.18) · Pramāṇa