[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) › 7.2 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.2 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.2) antargataprārthanam antikasthaṃ jayantam udvīkṣya hṛtasmitena / āmṛṣṭavakṣoharicandanāṅkā mandāramālā hariṇā pinaddhā // > He smiled, because his son Jayanta's heart > Beat quicker, by the self-same wish oppressed, > And placed about my neck the heavenly wreath > Still fragrant from the sandal on his breast. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.2b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.2b1) - [Next: 7.3b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.3b1) - [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.7.6) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p10) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.2) · Pramāṇa