A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.538

c5.538

DUSHMANTA, DUSHYANTA. A valiant king of the Lunar race, and descended from Puru. He was husband of Sakuntalā, by whom he had a son, Bharata. The loves of Dushyanta and Sakuntalā, her separation from him, and her restoration through the discovery of his token-ring in the belly of a fish, form the plot of Kāli-dāsa’s celebrated play Sakuntalā.