Sakuntala: Texts Readings Histories

The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa''s fourth-century Sanskrit play Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of secti...See More