Today we are going to talk about the most celebrated character in Vedic literature, Shakuntala. She is the main character from the Kalidasa's play Shakuntal. Her story got famous in a written and dramatised by many theatrical writers and artists. Watch this video to know all about her.

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1 In Hinduism, Shakuntala (written as Sakuntala) was the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata.

2 Her story is retold in many scriptures and dramatised by many writers.

3 She was said to have been the daughter of the famous Apsara called Menaka.

4 It is said that Shakuntala was left after her birth at Sage Kanva’s hermit by Menka.

5 The most famous adaption of her story is Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama called Abhijnanasakuntala (The Recognition of Shakuntala).

6 Abhijnanashakuntalam, also called Shakuntal, is considered as a great saga of forgotten love between Shakuntala and the King Dushyanta.

7 Shakuntala was cursed by a powerful rishi called Durvasa Rishi for not greeting him properly, after which she parted from her lover.

8 Shakuntala and Dushyanta had given birth to a son named Bharata, who was an ancestor of the lineages of the Kauravas and Pandavas.

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