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Shakuntala (Sanskrit: शकुन्तला, romanized: Śakuntalā) is a heroine in ancient Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play Abhijnanashakuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala), written by the classical poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century CE.
This is a list of famous pairs in mythology: Lovers. Abhimanyu and ... Dushyanta and Shakuntala ; Eros and Psyche ... (Greek - Roman) Vishnu and Lakshmi
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Shakuntala was disapproved of as a text for school and college students in the British Raj in the 19th century, as popular Indian literature was deemed, in the words of Charles Trevelyan, to be "marked with the greatest immorality and impurity", and Indian students were thought by colonial administrators to be insufficiently morally and ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
After Shakuntala conceived, Dushyanta promised to take her to his palace and departed. Kanva returned and, perceiving events through divine insight, blessed Shakuntala with a son destined to rule the world. She gave birth to Sarvadamana, whom Kanva raised. At six, he was sent with Shakuntala to Hastinapura. When they arrived, Dushyanta denied ...