[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) › 7.20a6\_2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.20a6\_2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.20a6\_2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20a6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6_2) rājā (ātmagatam) kiṃ vā śakuntalā ity asyā mātur ākhyā / santi punar nāmadheyasādṛśyāni / api nāma mṛgatṛṣṭikeva nāmamātraprastāvo me viṣādāya kalpate / > Dushm. \[Aside.\] Is my Sacontalá then his mother? Or has that dear name been given to some other woman?—This conversation resembles the fallacious appearance of water in a desert, which ends in bitter disappointment to the stag parched with thirst. > — Sir William Jones 1789, Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring - [Previous: 7.20a5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a5) - [Next: 7.20a7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a7) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (1) - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p73) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.20a6_2) · Pramāṇa