Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1979
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1979
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3) How Kaṇva got Śakuntalā. Once Viśvāmitra started a severe penance and Indra desiring to obstruct the attempt sent the enchanting Menakā to entice him. They fell in love with each other and soon Menakā bore a girl. The parents left the child in the forest and went their way. Birds (Śakuntas) looked after her for some time and so she was named Śakuntalā. Accidentally Kaṇva came that way and took the child to his Āśrama.