[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) › 6.1b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 6.1b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b1) (tataḥ praviśati nāgarikaḥ śyālaḥ paścād baddhaṃ puruṣam ādāya rakṣiṇau ca) > (Enter the chief of police, two policemen, and a man with his hands bound behind his back.) > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 5.31a6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.5.31a6.p1) - [Next: 6.1b2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b2) - [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.6.1) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.6.p2) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.6.1b1) · Pramāṇa