About the Book: Abhijnana Sakuntalam (Shakuntala)
AbhijnAna-Sakuntalam is Kalidasas best-known play and perhaps the best known
seven Acts play of the classical Sanskrit repertoire. The story of Shakuntala
was already in Mahabharata in the form of a dull narrative; but Kalidasa turned
the same into an elegant work of art with a lot of innovations. The play takes
its title from one of its central characters, a young woman raised in a forest
hermitage. Her forest life is temporary and she comes into her real identity
through her interaction with a king during the course of the play. In the end,
the play demonstrates a consistent