Shakuntala is from the Sanskrit Śakuntalā (शकुन्तला — protected by birds). A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-heritage aesthetic. Shakuntala in Sanskrit tradition — the foundational iconic heroine of the foundational Sanskrit play Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala, c. 4th century CE) by Kalidasa — widely considered the foundational greatest Sanskrit dramatist of all time and one of the foundational dramatists in world theatrical history; the iconic foundational Shakuntala play is widely considered one of the foundational works of world drama* alongside the iconic Greek tragedies; the iconic Shakuntala story originally appears in the foundational Mahabharata — where Shakuntala is the foundational mother of the iconic Emperor Bharata (after whom India is named Bhārat); central to traditional Sanskrit dramatic tradition; the iconic foundational play has been translated into 40+ languages worldwide — including the iconic foundational 1789 English translation by Sir William Jones — which famously inspired the iconic German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) to compose the iconic foundational poem Will I the blossoms*; central to traditional Indian classical performing arts including the iconic foundational Bharata Natyam + Odissi + Kathak dance traditions; appears throughout the iconic foundational Indian visual arts including the iconic foundational paintings of Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) — widely considered the foundational father of modern Indian painting; Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013) — iconic Indian mathematician; widely known as the foundational "Human Computer"; the iconic 2020 biographical Hindi film Shakuntala Devi starring Vidya Balan. Princess Shakuntala — Sanskrit heritage naming.
Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage and world drama.
Shakuntala reduces to eight.