Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English)
by Saradaranjan Ray | 1946 | 183,257 words
The Abhijnana Shakuntalam is a renowned Sanskrit play by Kalidasa, depicting the story of Sakuntala from the Mahabharata. Set in 4th century India, the Abhijnanashakuntalam chronicles the love between King Dushyanta and Shakuntala, who faces trials due to a curse that makes the king forget her. After losing a ring that signifies their union, fate u...
Preface to the present edition
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This is a thoroughly revised edition of our Sakuntalam. Many useful notes, citations are inserted in suitable places. Thus I hope this edition will be most up-to-date and hence all the more interesting and useful to our readers. In this Edition Beng. Trans. is omitted for want of papers. KUMUDRANJAN RAY. March, 1946.