[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) › 6.1a1\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1a1\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1a1\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1a1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a1_2) sūcakaḥ eṣa nāmānugraho yac chūlād avatārya hastiskandhe pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ / > Januka. He is much obliged to the king. Just as if he had been taken from the stake and put on an elephant's back. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 6.1a0\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a0_2) - [Next: 6.1a2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a2_2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.6.32) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p34) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a1_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1a1_2) · Pramāṇa