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Of Shakespeare and Kalidasa
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It was only in 1789, when
Sir William Jones published an English translation of Kalidasa’s Abhijnanasakuntala,
under the title The Recognition of
Sakuntala, that the outstanding
German poet and playwright Goethe (1749-1832), influenced and inspired by this
celebrated Sanskrit play, wrote his first scene in Faust, a
fact he duly acknowledged. Speaking of Kalidasa’s genius, Goethe wrote: