Question

Character sketch of sage kanva in shakundala

Answer 1

Shakuntala. It tells the story of the hermit girl Shakuntala, the daughter of the celestial nymph Menaka and thesage Vishvamitra. ... Rishi Kanva found her in forest as a baby surrounded by Shakunta birds (Sanskrit: शकुन्त, śakunta). Therefore he named herShakuntala (Sanskrit: शकुन्तला), meaning Shakunta-protected.

Answer 2

In Hinduism Shakuntala  is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Mahabharata and dramatized by Kalidasa in his play Abhijñānaśākuntala (The Sign of Shakuntala). Rishi Kanva found her in forest as a baby surrounded by Shakunta birds . Therefore he named her Shakuntala , meaning Shakunta-protected. King Dushyanta first encountered Shakuntala while travelling through the forest with his army. He was pursuing a male Deer wounded by his weapon. Shakuntala and Dushyanta fell in love with each other and got married as per Gandharva marriage system.