In this work, one character comments that "[He] hopes these pious days are happy ones" after another character is frightened by a bee. Beginning with the killing of a deer, it's been translated by Arthur Ryder among others. The setting is the banks o
In this work, one character comments that "[He] hopes these pious days are happy ones" after another character is frightened by a bee. Beginning with the killing of a deer, it's been translated by Arthur Ryder among others. The setting is the banks of the river Malini at the hermitage of the sage Kanva. Priyamvada and Anusuya are friends of the main character, whose name derives from protection by birds. That character's downfall comes due to a curse by the sage Durvasa, which causes the daughter of Vishvamitra to be forgotten by her husband Dushyanta when she loses a ring that he had presented to her earlier. FTP, name this ancient drama centering on an important figure from Hindu mythology, written by Kalidasa.
In this work, one character comments that "[He] hopes these pious days are happy ones" after another character is frightened by a bee.
The Recognition of {Shakuntala} (or {Shakuntala} and the Ring of Recollection or Abhijñāna{śākuntala}m)