Irony in Abhigyan Shakuntalam by Kalidasa Kalidasa being a phenomenal writer in Sanskrit literature extracts a simple story from the Mahabharata and gives it a new treatment by introducing the curse motif and the ring motif along with the structural device of irony . Irony has been employed as a powerful literary…

Shakuntala Character Analysis The play Abhijnana Sakuntalam by Kalidasa is one of the best plays in ancient Sanskrit literature . The play is about a beautiful damsel Shakuntala who lives in the hermitage of the sage Kanva. She has been the daughter of sage Vishwamitra and 'Apsara' Menaka. In Abhijnana…