Abhijnanashakuntalam: The Recognition of Shakuntala
By Unknown Author.
Description
Kalidasa s most famous play refashions an episode from the Mahabharata, magnificently dramatizing the love story of Shakuntala, a girl of semi-divine origin, and Dushyanta, a noble human king. After their brief and passionate but secret union at her father s forest ashram, Dushyanta must return to his capital. He gives Shakuntala his signet ring, promising to make her his queen when she joins him later. But, placed unawares under a curse, he forgets her and she loses the ring that would have enabled him to recognize her. Will the lovers be reunited? The world s first full-length play centre...
ISBN(s)
0670087467, 9780670087464
