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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

Sakuntala belongs to the mytho-pastoral class of Sanskrit plays; Probodhchandraudya, to the metaphysical.

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

Kanwa, the foster-father of Sakuntala, was a Kulapati.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

In Kalidasa's Sakuntala, too, when the pretty girls are watering the flowers in the garden, Sakuntala says: 'It is not only in obedience to our father that I thus employ myself.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

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