LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ASIAN LITERATURE
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Kalidasa
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Shakuntala
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Panchatantra
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Bhasa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shakuntala and Dushyanta fell in love with each other and got married as per the Gandharva marriage system. Before returning to his kingdom, Dushyanta gave his personal royal ring to Shakuntala as a symbol of his promise to his wife to bring her to his palace as queen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dushyanta, pursuing a male deer wounded by his arrow into the ashrama, saw Shakuntala nursing the deer, her pet, and fell in love with her. He profusely begged her forgiveness for harming the deer and spent some time at the ashrama. They fell in love and Dushyanta married Shakuntala there in the ashrama.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abhijnana Shakuntala deals with many themes, such as love, memory, concealment, duty Vs desire, courtly world Vs the hermitage etc. Let us begin with the theme of Love. Abhijnana Shakuntala as stated in the introduction is a heroic drama of a romantic nature.