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of his love. When the nymph when back to the hermitage, she
was so engrossed with thoughts of her husband that she heeded
not the approach of the sage Dur-vasas, who had come to visit
Kanwa, so that choleric saint cursed her to be forgotten by her
beloved. He afterwards relented, and promised that the curse
should be removed as soon as Dushyanta should see the ring,
tfakuntala, finding herself with child, set off to her husband ;
but on her way she bathed in a sacred pool, and there lost the
ring. On reaching the palace, the king did not recognise her
and would not own her, so she was taken by her mother to the
forest, where she gave birth to Bharata. Then it happened that
a fisherman caught a large fish and in it found a ring which he
carried to Dushyanta. The king recognised his own ring, and
he soon afterwards accepted $akuntala and her son Bharata.
Kali-dasa's drama of /Sakuntala was the first translation made
from Sanskrit into English. It excited great curiosity and
gained much admiration when it appeared. There are several
recensions of the text extant. The text has been often printed,
and there are many translations into the languages of Europe.
Professor Williams has published a beautifully illustrated trans-
lation.
SALAGKAMA. A stone held sacred and worshipped by the
Vaislwavas, because its spirals are supposed to contain or to be
typical
of Vishnu. It is an ammonite found in the river Gandak,
and is valued more or less highly according to the number
of its spirals and perforations.
SALIYAHANA. A celebrated king of the south of India,
who was the enemy of Vikramaditya, and whose era, the Saka,
dates from A,D. 78. His capital was Prati-shftiana on the
Godavan. He was killed in battle at Karur.
5ALWA, Name of a country in the west of India, or Kaja-
sthan ;
also the name of its king,
SALYA. King of the Madras, and brother of Madrl, second
wife of Pawdu. In the great war he left the side of the PMa-
vas and went over to the Kauravas. He acted as charioteer of
Kama in the great battle. At the death of Kama he suc-
ceeded him as general, and commanded the army on tho last day
of the battle, when he was slain by Yudhi-sh&ira.
SAMA-VEDA, The third Veda, feVeda,
SAMA-VIDHANA BEAHMA^Vll The third Brlimawa