[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) › 7.20\_3 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20\_3 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.20\_3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_3) rājā (apavārya) hanta dvitīyam idam āśājananam / > King (to himself). Ah, a second ground for hope. (Aloud.) What was the name of the good king whose wife she was? > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.20\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_2) - [Next: 7.20\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_4) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (2) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.84) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p65) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20_3) · Pramāṇa