Shakuntala and Sakhis SHAKUNTALA SAKHI OR SHAKUNTALA AND HER FRIENDS:This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma follows Kalidasa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam where Kanva brings up Shakuntala in his hermitage. Shakuntala had two companions or friends (sakhis), Anusuya and Priyamvada. Dushyanata in the course of hunting expedition arrives at Kanva’s […]
Rishi Kanva had brought up Shakuntala as his own daughter, and hence, he decides to send her to her husband, King Dushyanta, where she should be accepted as Dushyanta’s queen. Book Name: Nine ideal Indian women (1919), Author: Sunity Devee, Maharanee Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co.
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Sakunthala Pathralekhan Shakuntala writing a letter to Dushyanta. Shakuntala grows up in the hermitage of Kanva maharishi. While Kanva and the other elders of the hermitage are away on a pilgrimage, Dushyanta, the king of Hastinapura comes hunting in the forest and chances upon the hermitage. He is captivated by Shakuntala, courts her in royal
Menaka shows Shakuntala to Vishvamitra. Vishwamitra refusing to accept child Shakuntala from Menaka. When Vishvamitra realized that he had been tricked by Indra, he was enraged. But he merely cursed Menaka to be separated from him forever, for he loved her as well and knew that she had lost all devious intentions towards him long
Durvasa Angry on Shakuntala Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 20. The sage Durvasa chastises Śakuntalā for being lost in fantasy about her lover. This is an episode from the Mahabharata that was then expanded in a Sanskrit play by Kalidasa. Printed by: Chore Bagan Art Studio.
