शकुन्तला

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শকুন্তলা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬓᬸᬦ᭄ᬢᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• শকুন্তলা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰎𑰲𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀓𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐကုန္တလာ (Burmese script)
• શકુન્તલા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਕੁਨ੍ਤਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂍𑂳𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಕುನ್ತಲಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝកុន្តលា (Khmer script)
• ຨກຸນ຺ຕລາ (Lao script)
• ശകുന്തലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡬᡠᠨᢠᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘎𑘳𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᢐᠠᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑦮𑧔𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐎𑐸𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶକୁନ୍ତଲା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢒꢸꢥ꣄ꢡꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆑𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖎𑖲𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශකුන‍්තලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩜𑩒𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚊𑚰𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶகுந்தலா (Tamil script)
• శకున్తలా (Telugu script)
• ศกุนฺตลา (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཀུ་ནྟ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒏𑒳𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨋𑨃𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शकुन्त (śakunta, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.kun.tɐ.lɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐˈkun̪.t̪ɐ.l̪ɑː/

Proper noun

शकुन्तला • (śakuntalā) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Shakuntala, wife of Dushyanta, mother of Bharata, and the main character in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: शकुंतला (śakuntᵊlā)
• → English: Shakuntala
• → Hindi: शकुंतला (śakuntlā)
• → Marathi: शकुंतला (śakuntlā)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शकुन्तला”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]