Sakuntala; or Sakuntala recognized by the Ring

Monier Williams, Sakuntala; or Sakuntala recognized by the Ring, a Sanskrit Drama in seven acts, by Kalidasa; the Devanagari recension of the text, now for the first time edited in England, with literal English translations of all the metrical passages, schemes of the meters and notes, critical and explanatory, by Monier Williams , Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1853

xiv, pp 316; full leather binding and gilt text along with 5 raised bands at the spine, marbled edges
10.6 x 6.6 x 1 in (25.5 x 16.5 x 2.7 cm)

Kalidasa's Sakuntala is the best-known Sanskrit drama, and widely considered a masterpiece. The daughter of an ascetic sage and a heavenly spirit, Sakoontala is left in the forest as a baby. The Rishi Kanva eventually finds her surrounded by birds and names her "Sakoontala" or "one who is brought up by birds." Sakoontala grows up in Kanva's ashram where she meets a king, and they fall in love. Their love story is the subject of this play.

Sir Monier Monier-Williams, KCIE (12 November 1819 - 11 April 1899) was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani.

Monier Williams taught Asian languages, at the East India Company College from 1844 until 1858, when company rule in India ended after the 1857 rebellion. He came to national prominence during the 1860 election campaign for the Boden Chair of Sanskrit at Oxford University, in which he stood against Max Muller.

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