[[File:Priyamvada brings a tray of cosmetics to adorn Shakuntala.jpg|thumb|''Priyamvada brings a tray of cosmetics to adorn ShakuntalaShakuntalaa''. [[Nalagarh]], 1840–1850. [[National Museum, New Delhi]]]]
'''ShakuntalaShakuntalaa''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ''ŚakuntalāŚakuntalāa'', [[Classical Tibetan|Tibetan]]: ''བྱ་ལེན་མའི་ཟློ་གར'') is the wife of [[Dushyanta]] and the mother of [[Bharata (Mahabharata)|Emperor Bharata]]. Her story is told in the ''[[Adi Parva]]'', the first of eighteen parts of the ancient Indian epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaptation being [[Kālidāsa|Kalidasa]]'s play ''[[Shakuntala (play)|Abhijñānaśākuntala]]'' (''The Sign of Shakuntala'').<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dollsofindia.com/library/shakuntala/|title=Shakuntala - the Epitome of Beauty, Patience and Virtue|website=Dolls of India|date=16 September 2011|access-date=2016-03-08}}</ref>
