Story of Shakuntala

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Indian literary work love story mythological tale

The Story of Shakuntala is a celebrated ancient Indian tale of love, separation, and eventual reunion between the sage’s daughter Shakuntala and King Dushyanta, best known through its classical Sanskrit dramatization by Kalidasa.

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Label Occurrences
Abhijnanasakuntalam 2
Story of Shakuntala canonical 1
court of King Dushyanta 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian literary work ⓘ
love story ⓘ
mythological tale ⓘ
adaptedAs dance dramas ⓘ
films ⓘ
stage plays ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Kalidasa ⓘ
basedOn episode from the Mahabharata ⓘ
bestKnownThrough Story of Shakuntala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abhijnanasakuntalam

Kalidasa’s dramatization ⓘ
centralConflict separation caused by a curse ⓘ
centralPlot love between Shakuntala and King Dushyanta ⓘ
culturalSignificance influential in Indian performing arts ⓘ
major work of classical Sanskrit literature ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bharata ⓘ
Durvasa ⓘ
King Dushyanta ⓘ
Shakuntala ⓘ
sage Kanva ⓘ
genre courtly literature ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasChildCharacter Bharata ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin ancient India ⓘ
hasDeuteragonist King Dushyanta ⓘ
hasProtagonist Shakuntala ⓘ
hasTheme curse and redemption ⓘ
fate ⓘ
love ⓘ
memory and recognition ⓘ
reunion ⓘ
separation ⓘ
includesMotif divine intervention ⓘ
forgotten promise ⓘ
token of recognition ⓘ
influencedBy Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Hindu mythology
knownFor emotional depth ⓘ
poetic language in Kalidasa’s version ⓘ
portrayal of idealized love ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
narrativeForm drama ⓘ
legend ⓘ
religiousContext Hindu tradition ⓘ
resolution eventual recognition and reunion ⓘ
setting Story of Shakuntala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: court of King Dushyanta

hermitage of sage Kanva ⓘ
timePeriod ancient Indian classical age ⓘ
transmittedThrough oral tradition ⓘ
written manuscripts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahabharata → containsSubstory → Story of Shakuntala ⓘ
Story of Shakuntala → bestKnownThrough → Story of Shakuntala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abhijnanasakuntalam
Story of Shakuntala → setting → Story of Shakuntala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: court of King Dushyanta
Kalidasa → notableWork → Story of Shakuntala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abhijnanasakuntalam