''Shakuntala'' or ''Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta'' is an 1898 epic painting by Indian painter

Raja Ravi Varma Raja Ravi Varma () (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable f ...

Ravi Varma Ravi Varma or Ravivarma is a Hindu male name used in India. It may refer to: People * Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara, 14th century warrior king of Quilon, Kerala * Ravi Varma of Padinjare Kovilakam (1745–1793), rebel prince regent of Calicut, Malabar ...

depicts

Shakuntala Shakuntala () is a heroine in ancient Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play '' Abhijnanashakuntalam'' (The Recognition of Shakuntala), written by the classical poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century AD ...

, an important character of

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the ''Ramayana, Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kuru ...

, pretending to remove a thorn from her foot, while actually looking for her husband/lover, Dushyantha, while her friends tease her and call her bluff. Tapati Guha-Thakurta, an art historian, wrote;

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1898 paintings Religious paintings Works based on the Mahabharata Paintings based on literature Works based on Shakuntala (play) Paintings by Raja Ravi Varma {{1890s-painting-stub