[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) › 7.7b1 # The Recognition of Śakuntalā 7.7b1 Abhijñānaśākuntala 7.7b1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.7b1) rājā ayam aravivarebhyaś cātakair niṣpatadbhir haribhir acirabhāsāṃ tejasā cānuliptaiḥ / > King. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) > Plovers that fly from mountain-caves, > Steeds that quick-flashing lightning laves, > And chariot-wheels that drip with spray-- > A path o’er pregnant clouds betray. > — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.6) - [Next: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.7) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7) ## Translations (3) - [Shakuntala (in Kalidasa, Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-ryder.7.18) — Arthur W. Ryder 1912, English - [Śakoontalá, or the Lost Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-monier-williams.7.p32) — Monier Monier-Williams 1855, English - [Sacontalá; or, the Fatal Ring](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala~en-jones.7.p12) — Sir William Jones 1789, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.7b1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala.7.7b1) · Pramāṇa