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Abhijnanasakuntalam Critical Analysis

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INTRODUCTION Kalidasa is a greatest playwright of Sanskrit literature. Although he is considered as the playwright of Sanskrit literature but his reputation is unique in world literature also. As a poet of universal nature, his plays are full of esthetic beauty, sensuousness, emotions, passions, excitement , enthusiasm and beauty. Like John Keats he also has the unique gift of communicating the sensous pleasures to his readers. The play Abhijnanasakuntalam has various elements of beauty within it. Kalidasa has potrayed different elements of nature in this play which makes him a great nature poet. Abhijnanasakuntalam is chosen for the area of research to bring out the elements of beauty in it. It is a beautiful tale of love and romance, the name literally meaning 'of Sakuntala who is recognized by a token'. Written by one of the greatest poets of India, Sakuntalam is synonymous with its author, Kalidasa. Abhijnanasakuntalam is the first Indian play ever to be translated into western languages. It is for the very first time translated in English language by Sir William Jones in …show more content…

Even the birth of the heroine of the play takes place in the laps of Mother Nature when she is found by sage Kanva amid the birds from where he takes her to the hermitage. The affect of nature in Shakuntala’s life is so much so that she is even called the ‘daughter of nature’. Going on, even the play opens with king Dushyanta in jungle with his charioteer where he is stopped by an ascetic when he was killing the deer thus showing the protection of the animal which in turn is the fortification of nature. The entry of Shakuntala with her friends shows her watering the plants when she informs us how much dear to her the trees are plants by saying- “Dear Anusuya, it is not merely a matter of Father’s injunction; I love them like a

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