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King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
- Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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Credit: King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Sakuntalā was the daughter of the yogi Viswāmitra and Menakā. After her birth she was abandoned in the forest nourished by birds until the sage Kanwa found her. Kanwa brought her up as his own daughter in a hermitage in the forest. King Dushyanta fell in love with Sakuntalā while she lived in the forest and induced her to contract with him a Gandharva marriage, that is a simple declaration of mutual acceptance. As Dushyanta was leaving he gave Sakuntalā a ring as a pledge of his love
Publication/Creation
[Bombay] (Ghatkopar, Bombay : Ravi Udaya F.A.L. Press)
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
Contributors
Lettering
Dushyanta-Shakuntala. Copyright no. 503. ; Ravi Varma.
Lettering note
Lettering also in Devanagari script
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26602i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
- Hindi
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Location Status Access Closed stores