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Shakuntala (Sanskrit: शकुन्तला, romanized: Śakuntalā) is a celebrated heroine in 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.
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 ...
Published as — The titles of the English translations, with links to their full bibliographic entries.; Year — The year of the translation's first publication.However, revised editions are frequently cited in the bibliography.
In the sage's absence, his adoptive daughter, Shakuntala welcomed Dushyanta, who became smitten by her beauty. Shakuntala revealed the story of her birth- how she was raised by Sage Kanva after she was born from the union of the celestial nymph, Menaka, and Sage Vishvamitra. Dushyanta expressed his desire to marry Shakuntala, who consented on ...
It represents the scene when Shakuntala is lost in contemplation of Dushyanta when Vashishta visits the ashram. Shakuntala, being oblivious to his presence, is cursed by Vashishta that her lover would lose all memory of her. He is thereafter implored to withdraw his curse.
Shakuntala or Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. Ravi Varma depicts Shakuntala , an important character of Mahabharata , pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband/lover, Dushyantha , while her friends tease her and call her bluff.
Shakuntala is an Indian television series that premiered on 2 February 2009 and aired until 6 July 2009. The show was based on characters in Hinduism where Shakuntala ( Sanskrit : शकुन्तला, Śakuntalā ) is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata .
When Shakuntala started to show signs of pregnancy, Kanva decided to send her to her lawful husband, explaining to her the duties of a wife and a daughter-in-law.On the way, they had to cross a river by a canoe ferry and, seduced by the deep blue waters of the river, Shakuntala ran her fingers through the water.