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Sakuntala

American  
[suh-koon-tuh-lah, shuh-] / səˈkʊn tə lɑ, ʃə- /

noun

  1. a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.


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"I'm happy and have great respect for our judiciary and Supreme court," Sobhraj's mother-in-law Sakuntala Thapa told Reuters partner ANI after news of his release was announced.

From Reuters Dec. 23, 2022

Modarelli had studied extensively in Germany, composed there two operas, Hanns Frei and Sakuntala.

From Time Magazine Archive

He enquires of her parentage to see if there is any obstacle to their being united in marriage; whereupon Sakuntala asks her companion Priyambada to satisfy the king with an account of her birth.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.

Indulging in sorrow at his repudiation of Sakuntala, the king passes three long years; at the end of which Matali, Indra's charioteer, appears to ask the king's aid in vanquishing the demons.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.

But this testimony appears to be equally forgotten when it is maintained, as is sometimes done by Orientalists like Mr. Barth, that Sankara lived in some century after the author of Sakuntala.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

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