Re: [INDOLOGY] Lines of appreciation of Śakuntalā

[Roland Steiner]

The Śloka runs:

kāvyeṣu nāṭakaṃ ramyaṃ tatra śākuntalaṃ varam
tatrāpi ca caturtho 'ṅkas tatra ślokacatuṣṭayam

v.ll.:
b: tatra śākuntalaṃ varam ] tatra ramyā śakuntalā, tatrāpi ca śakuntalā
c: caturtho 'ṅkas ] caturthāṅkas

There is also a current variant version (cited, e.g., in Sten Konow,  
Das indische Drama, Straßburg 1920, § 77: M. Krishnamachariar, History  
of Classical Sanskrit Literature, 1937, p. 592, n. 2):

kālidasasya sarvasvam abhijñānaśakuntalam
tatrāpi ca caturtho 'ṅko yatra yāti śakuntalā

See Mukunda Madhava Sharma: "On the Significance of the Saying kāvyeṣu  
nāṭakam ramyam", in: Ludwik Sternbach Felicitation Volume. Part 1.  
Lucknow 1979, pp. 399-407.

Best wishes,
Roland Steiner