By Romila Thapar
The determine of Sakuntala looks in lots of types all through South Asian literature, such a lot famously within the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the hoop of Recollection. In those texts, Sakuntala undergoes a severe transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to turn into the quintessentially submissive lady, revealing a lot in regards to the functionality of Hindu femininity that got here to dominate South Asian tradition. via a cautious research of sections from Sakuntala and their a variety of iterations in numerous contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interplay among literature and historical past, tradition and gender, that body the improvement of this canonical determine and a unique perception of woman identity.
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