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    The document describes the character Shakuntala from Kalidasa's famous play Abhijnanashakuntalam, portraying her as a beautiful, innocent, and virtuous woman living in nature. It discusses how she meets and falls in love with Dushyanta, but is later abandoned by him due to a curse, suffering greatly from the separation until they are reunited. The character of Shakuntala represents the ideal Indian womanhood and her story has been influential in literature.

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    The document describes the character Shakuntala from Kalidasa's famous play Abhijnanashakuntalam, portraying her as a beautiful, innocent, and virtuous woman living in nature. It discusses how she meets and falls in love with Dushyanta, but is later abandoned by him due to a curse, suffering greatly from the separation until they are reunited. The character of Shakuntala represents the ideal Indian womanhood and her story has been influential in literature.

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    The document describes the character Shakuntala from Kalidasa's famous play Abhijnanashakuntalam, portraying her as a beautiful, innocent, and virtuous woman living in nature. It discusses how she meets and falls in love with Dushyanta, but is later abandoned by him due to a curse, suffering greatly from the separation until they are reunited. The character of Shakuntala represents the ideal Indian womanhood and her story has been influential in literature.

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    Shakuntala's Character Abhijnana Shakuntala

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    2 haracte ete opShakuntala

    Abhjnana Shakwntalsom Kalidas


    epTesemts Shakuntala am em bodiment o beauty
    emsmie Char amd wOm an hood. She s the
    ia the ideaí
    terature a laid doum im
    hereimeoP Sawskrit the
    tentc of SAnskr't dramatusqy Unllke otheheromes
    ShakuwBala has beem
    Sueh a Uh vashi and Maluika,
    rsented an deadwomam keSavitri and Sita,
    as
    Such a ownantie desigm the malm ofthe dramatist
    is to evoke the STingana TAJa eresankadts Ke
    dhkIN o LiskMR She is a umiqe Creakiom of Kalides
    who trans.cemds eerotie Nabure lso playss a
    inbartamt_ole Inhe life.
    Shalkuntala lives n the herage of
    Sa Canua She haS eneyed the un corubed and pure
    atuse She OS bomm the daugter of

    Sage Vishurd mitra andApsoa Menaka Bu Soov


    APte abandemed b9 her mether , is looked apter
    bySakun
    b ta birds Sage Kasnua pmds he m the
    proteetioM f h e birds Here She hasbee Þrresentd
    as a ehild a madure, She alsSD Tresemts the
    benign aspret of Nature
    ife Her presemee amd in

    the life o f Dushamto has be Pn ueT Signifi cot


    thein meetin chonaes Duwhysta 's life
    She is Smple , ImnoCent and easily
    quIlMe she has So for ot face d Sach imn
    Situatio wkere the Ebusst o passioms Cam Swy
    the pRSom She had mot teaat how to estvaim

    herselp heu
    to hide heeelimgs Shakuntala had
    Mot Knoun Cupid bePove hemse he1 heort was a
    baye MeuT and She Could not distrut eithe
    the Senti me ooue o7 he choracker o the
    loueT, Dushta.
    7he choracten of Shalkumtala he beem the pi bo tal

    poinE
    poimt dukich the blay e volue s . She emerges as
    aroun
    uo is Teady to
    he embediment_op ndian wOmam hood
    the
    tuTrms
    makeSacrifice he Society (Dus hyanta )
    n difevont and hostile too

    Whe Shalkuntola ists Dushyaenta,she suters


    4 Dushyawta could mot be able to Te cogmi2e her, But stl

    she doesbe hime gves &M mpassiome d

    Omd ablemal Speech


    GOea
    Ogreat king even thougyen do e cogmize me,
    domotknouw eu?
    dogeu Say
    You speak us Corlessy amotihe , a louoborn

    llian migkt Sheak ?

    Kalidasa haseplpyod the de ice of iremy im the play


    to
    heigten he emotienalmpac of the situation The
    e
    e the Cursemoi andthe ima_custiies i
    &provides R1plamation to the Tecogni tiomaGL'ggan
    f Shakun tala. The ecognitiom s o Dushyanta u knou
    the truth aller ehedlosimg his the begimion
    the Aing is by he peTe nnial 6e aut and
    he enjeys he Carnall _failing to See the tamsfor
    mative side of he bersonality He Pimdshe
    -mative he
    Can
    a n object
    objeet e bleasuTe She isloeT to Smell, a em
    tohold and an Ornament t o wfar, 2

    She is hardly a bersom to him, ts omly at tha


    end of ths play he Sees he r as a berSo m An
    Kwour he
    Whe n Gne CombaOthe Shakumtala of the
    st Act aih tho Shobuntada the 7 Act, it shotUs hev
    to sy from herwkage
    passag vo imnoCente fpvience
    to Hastinalui &y d Yo Seperation to reumieM
    Shakentala h a been 50 mmocent that her"Simplleky
    wieh shrigsewm Such trastPulness ad Pov a momnt
    Cauedhe fatl but also Tedee me he orever
    This trustfalness kebt he Constant to patince, Po-rqiueness
    And loui ndness inspite of the CTuelles bTeach of her
    Conpidence.

    Through &e CouTSe he play,onepinds hr


    Conslomtly cho in mto a mature wO MAn plau
    Seca Teles s of awipe d mothe a woMAY

    with he tmnsPonat iue to uch in Jungiem termg.

    At the he
    end
    t h e play, he
    mee img of Dushyemta with Shakuntalo also Syboli2es Be
    mte racion betwee n two wwrlds amd bheir unen of mon
    Ond matureis celebratiem jeyus loue
    Pestivod loue
    dream op_Palpilment
    The ast aet Sheus Shakuntala 0 o
    deimg igoveus enance that Sheu her ag a pat matron.
    nd S emba diment of methe rho od From the
    posbeeiues k fewimis m meralistic Teadimg , Shakuntala
    is animage of middle clss and the burden of
    the
    tra ditiom ubon w0man in Sndian Secloty. The stren
    s he imthe play, es her dee and pourfa)
    emstiens hich Pee d hestrengeh oPmimd

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