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Introduction
Next destination of World Lit 1023: ancient India, where we can find one of the famous Indian epic namely “Shakuntala.” The epic of Shakuntala dated longer than 2000 years. The story of Shakuntala is just one of the many epics written in a compilation of epics called the Mahabharata which was written Sage Vyasa. And was later on made into a play by Kalidasa, which is one of the most popular versions of the story of Shakuntala. (Wikipedia.org)
The Story
Setting
Place
India
Ashram, a place for monks, hermits and other religious people, can be compared to a convent
Kingdom of Hasti
Social Conditions
The type of society they had is a place where there are kingdoms, princes and princesses
Characters
Shakuntala
Very beautiful and charming
She loves animal and plants
Sage Vishvamitra
He is a king and warrior by birth.
He is prideful, because he was a king he always wants to be above everyone else.
He wants to be a powerful sage and he wants to master austerities so that he can gain the powers of meditation which enables him to walk on water.
Sage Vasishta
A sage or monk, who lives as an austere (one who practices disciplne).
He possesses Kamadhenu
Very kind and a powerful ascetic (a person who is greatly disciplined thus acquires powers)
Kamadhenu
Celestial cow
It has powers that can grant anything the sage wishes
Indra
Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
She sent Menaka to Sage Vishvamitra
Manaka
She was a heavenly damsel that was sent to sage Vishvamitra for the purpose of seducing him.
She is very beautiful and is great in seduction
Sage Kanva
A sage
Has a caring and pitiful heart
Gautami
She is an old hermit in the ashram and she cared for Shakuntala as if she was her own daughter.
She caring and living
Priyamvada and Anusuya
Best friends of Shakuntala
They grew up together with Shakuntala in the ashram
Dushyanta
King of Hasti
Handsome and has a silly characteristics yet respectful
Sage
Next destination of World Lit 1023: ancient India, where we can find one of the famous Indian epic namely “Shakuntala.” The epic of Shakuntala dated longer than 2000 years. The story of Shakuntala is just one of the many epics written in a compilation of epics called the Mahabharata which was written Sage Vyasa. And was later on made into a play by Kalidasa, which is one of the most popular versions of the story of Shakuntala. (Wikipedia.org)
The Story
Setting
Place
India
Ashram, a place for monks, hermits and other religious people, can be compared to a convent
Kingdom of Hasti
Social Conditions
The type of society they had is a place where there are kingdoms, princes and princesses
Characters
Shakuntala
Very beautiful and charming
She loves animal and plants
Sage Vishvamitra
He is a king and warrior by birth.
He is prideful, because he was a king he always wants to be above everyone else.
He wants to be a powerful sage and he wants to master austerities so that he can gain the powers of meditation which enables him to walk on water.
Sage Vasishta
A sage or monk, who lives as an austere (one who practices disciplne).
He possesses Kamadhenu
Very kind and a powerful ascetic (a person who is greatly disciplined thus acquires powers)
Kamadhenu
Celestial cow
It has powers that can grant anything the sage wishes
Indra
Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
She sent Menaka to Sage Vishvamitra
Manaka
She was a heavenly damsel that was sent to sage Vishvamitra for the purpose of seducing him.
She is very beautiful and is great in seduction
Sage Kanva
A sage
Has a caring and pitiful heart
Gautami
She is an old hermit in the ashram and she cared for Shakuntala as if she was her own daughter.
She caring and living
Priyamvada and Anusuya
Best friends of Shakuntala
They grew up together with Shakuntala in the ashram
Dushyanta
King of Hasti
Handsome and has a silly characteristics yet respectful
Sage