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Line 1: {{Short description\|~~Married~~Wife toof Dushyanta in Hindu mythology}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2016}} Line 16: }} [[File:Priyamvada brings a tray of cosmetics to adorn Shakuntala.jpg\|thumb\|''Priyamvada brings a tray of cosmetics to adorn Shakuntalaa''. [[Nalagarh]], 1840–1850. [[National Museum, New Delhi]].]] '''Shakuntala''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ''Śakuntalā'') is ~~married~~the towife 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> ==Versions==

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