शकुन्तला
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
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)
- ᠱᠠᢉᠤᠨᢐᠠᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (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[edit]
From शकुन्त (śakunta, “bird”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
शकुन्तला • (śakuntalā) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Shakuntala, wife of Dushyanta, mother of Bharata, and the main character in the play Abhijñānaśākuntalam
Descendants[edit]
- → Bhojpuri: शकुन्तला (śakuntalā)
- → English: Shakuntala
- → Hindi: शकुन्तला (śakuntalā)
- → Marathi: शकुन्तला (śakuntalā)
References[edit]
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शकुन्तला”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]