[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c11.s5.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s5.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5.2) He completed the translation of Kālidāsa’s play \*Abhijñānaśākuntala\* on 17 August 1788; and in 1789 his edition of \*Abhijñānaśākuntala\* (\*Sacontala or The Fatal Ring: An Indian Drama\*) with an English translation was published. The publication heralded the dawn of a new era termed as the “Śakuntalā era” by a French writer, Raymond Schwab in his \*Oriental Rennaissance\*. It created a furore all over the world and had to be reprinted in five impressions immediately. It is with reference to Jone’s \*Sacontala\* that Herder wrote to one of his friends: - [Previous: c11.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5.1) - [Next: c11.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5.3) - [Up: c11.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s5.2) · Pramāṇa