Abhijnanashakuntala, AbhijñānaśܲԳٲ, Abhijnana-shakuntala: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term AbhijñānaśܲԳٲ can be transliterated into English as Abhijnanasakuntala or Abhijnanashakuntala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Kuntakas evaluation of Sanskrit literatureAbhijñānaśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तल) represents the master piece of Kālidāsa has the quality of both poetry and drama. The thread of the drama is taken from Ѳٲ, but the innovative techniques of Kālidāsa took its fame all over the world. The episode of curse and the introduction of the characters like Anasūyā, Priyamvadā, Śārṅgarava, Śāradvata, Sānumatī etc. emerged from the poetic imagination of Kālidāsa. The charm of this drama from its original source is like the new sprouts and blossoms of dried tree after rain.

Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhijñānaśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तल).—Name of a celebrated drama by Kālidāsa in seven acts, in which king Duṣyanta marries Kaṇva's foster daughter Śakuntalā by the Gāndharva form of marriage, forgets all about her owing to the curse of Durvāsas, but ultimately recollects, at the sight of the token-ring (ñԲ) that he had duly married her; अभिज्ञानेन स्मृता शकुन्तला अभ�- ज्ञानशकुन्तल� (abhijñānena smṛtā śܲԳٲ abhi- jñānaśܲԳٲ); तामधिकृत्य कृतं नाटकं� शाकुन्तलम् (tāmadhikṛtya kṛta� ṭa첹ṃ� śܲԳٲ); (the reading °śܲԳٲ is grammatically indefensible).
Derivable forms: ñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम्).
AbhijñānaśܲԳٲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ñԲ and śܲԳٲ (शाकुन्तल).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhijñānaśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्तला).—n. (suppl. ṭa첹, a drama), having as subject Śakuntalā, recognised by a token of remembrance, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 3, 12.
AbhijñānaśܲԳٲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ñԲ and śܲԳٲ (शकुन्तला).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—ṭa첹 by Kālidāsa. Jones. 313. [Mackenzie Collection] 109. Cop. 14. Io. 1060. 1491. 1718. 1858. W. p. 161. Oxf. 134^b. Paris. (B 86. Gr. 20). L. 1274. Khn. 44. K. 68 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). B. 2, 124 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). Report. Xiii. Ben. 37. 39. Bik. 250. ṭm. 7. Pheh. 6. . 23. Oudh. V, 8. Burnell. 173^a. H. 93. 94. Taylor. 1, 11. 333. 480. Oppert. 377. 620. 790. 1149. 1598. 1599. 2059. 2060. 2459. 2715. 3498. 4068. 4166. 4357. 5186. 6444. 6679. 6793. 7015. 7263. 7640. Ii, 597. 862. 997. 1187. 1235. 1387. 1666. 2102. 2414. 2616. 3365. 3842. 5127. 5355. 5645. 5708. 5796. 6467. 6813. 6856. 6966. 7036. 7982. 8126. 8155. 8381. 8526. 8594. 8962. 9112. 9219. 9519. 9762. 10187. 10417. Rice. 264. 266. Bp. 263. Bühler 554.
‰ڳdzԳٲ B. 2, 124. Ben. 40. NW. 624. P. 10. Oppert. 6235.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Abhirāma Bhaṭṭa. Oppert. 2716. Ii, 3843.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Kumāragirirājīya by Kāṭayavema. [Mackenzie Collection] 109. Burnell. 173^a. Oppert. 8283. Ii, 8388. 9763. Rice. 266.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kṛṣṇanātha Pañcānana. Oppert. Ii, 8382.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Candraśekhara. Io. 77. 1398.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Ḍamaruvallabha. Oppert. 8384.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prākṛtavivṛti by Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa. Oudh. Xix, 136. Burnell. 173^b. Lahore. 6.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Arthoddyotanikā by Rāghava Bhaṭṭa. B. 2, 124. Burnell. 173^b. Rice. 254. Bühler 554.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmabhadra. L. 2824.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Rasacandrikā by Śaṅkara. Oxf. 135^a.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Śrīnivāsabhaṭṭa. Oppert. Ii, 7784. 8385.
2) ñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�):�
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kāṭayavema. read Oppert. 8282. Ii, 8383.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Ḍamaruvallabha. read Oppert. Ii, 8384.
3) ñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�):�Io. 2238 (aṅka 1. 2 and part of 3). 2696 (southern recension). Oudh. Xx, 60 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). Rgb. 409 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). 463. Stein 77.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Arthadīpikā. Io. 1267.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Candraśekhara. Io. 77 A (not 77).
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāghava Bhaṭṭa. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 120. Bl. 107.
4) ñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�):—ṭa첹, by Kālidāsa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 94. Hz. 4. 248. Ulwar 991.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Arthoddyotanikā by Rāghava Bhaṭṭa, son of Pṛthvīdhara Bhaṭṭa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 94. Ulwar 992.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Vemabhūpāla. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 94.
5) AbhijñānaśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तल):—by Kālidāsa. Ak 583. 584 (inc.). As p. 11. Bc 97. 266. Bd. 521. Il (three Mss.). Io. 2696 (not 2697). L.. 479. Śg. 2, 121. 122. Whish 81, 3. 151, 1. C. Arthadīpikā. Io. 1627 (not 1267). C. by Abhirāma Bc 79. 349. C. by Kāṭavema. Il. Io. 2697. C. Arthadyotanikā by Rāghavabhaṭṭa. Bd. 522. Tb. 55. C. by Śrīnivāsa, son of Timmaya. Il (aṅka 1). Śg. 2, 123. Whish 82. Prākṛtachāyā. Bd. 472. 523.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�):—[=-ñԲ-śܲԳٲ] [from abhi-jñāna > abhi-jñā] n. title of a play of Kālidāsa id est. (the ṭa첹 or play) on the subject of ‘token- (recognized) -Śakuntalā� [Śākaṭāyana]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryñԲśܲԳٲ (अभिज्ञानशकुन्त�):—[bahuvrihi compound] n.
(-lam) The drama Śakuntalā (liter.: the drama the subject of which is Śakuntalā recognized by the token i. e. by the ring). E. ñԲ (scil. ṛt) and śܲԳٲ, scil. ṭa첹.
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