Description The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa\'s fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection .
In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asia.
Description The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa\'s fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection