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The recognition of sakuntala is a play written in sanskrit by the indian poet kalidasa. Complete works of kalidasa download sanskrit ebooks. Kalidasa, translations of shakuntala, and other works arthur w. Widely translated there were no fewer than fortysix translations in twelve different languages in the century after sir william jones. Buy a recognition of sakuntala oxford worlds classics. Three plays, three long poems and an incomplete epic.
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Kalidasas sakuntala is the bestknown sanskrit drama, and widely considered a masterpiece. The recognition of sakuntala ebook by kalidasa 9780486153858. In spite of the celebrity of his name, the time when he flourished always has been an unsettled question, although most scholars nowadays favor the middle of the 4th and early 5th centuries a. The loom of time isbn 9780140455212 pdf epub kalidasa ebook. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the recognition of sakuntala dover thrift editions. Kalidasa translations of shakuntala, and other works by. Kalidasa s play about the love of king dusyanta and sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their separation by a curse, and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright c.
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