King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Texts
Mahabharata
Personal information
Parents
Ilin or Santurodha (father)
Rathantī (mother)
Siblings
Sura, Bhima, Pravasu, and Vasu
Spouse
Shakuntala
Children
Bharata
Dynasty
Chandravamsha
Legendary king in Hinduism
Dushyanta (Sanskrit: दुष्यन्त, IAST: Duṣyanta) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar) dynasty featured in Hindu literature. He is the husband of Shakuntala and the father of Bharata. He appears in the Mahabharata and in Kalidasa's play, Abhijnanashakuntalam (c. 300 CE).[1]
^www.wisdomlib.org (29 June 2012). "Dushyanta, Duṣyanta: 11 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
Dushyanta (Sanskrit: दुष्यन्त, IAST: Duṣyanta) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar) dynasty featured in Hindu literature. He is the husband of Shakuntala...
Shakuntala (Sanskrit: Śakuntalā) is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Adi Parva, the first of eighteen...
film features Samantha in the title role of Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as Dushyanta, the king of Puru dynasty along with Mohan Babu, Jisshu Sengupta, Madhoo...
dynasty in Hindu literature. He is the son of Bharata, and the grandson of Dushyanta. Bhumanyu's lineage is featured in the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata offers...
particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and Nala and Damayanti, from the Mahabharata. Ravi Varma's...
her to Dushyanta. On the midway, while crossing a river, the ring slips off her finger and is swallowed by a fish. After landing therein, Dushyanta fails...
Ashwatthama and other sages. Story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. Story of Bharata's birth. Sakuntala goes to Dushyanta with the boy. He first refuses to remember...
called the Abhijñānaśākuntalam (“The Recognition of Shakuntala"). King Dushyanta of Gandhara Kingdom while on a battle campaign was passing through the...
(1984); Krishnadevaraya in Aditya 369 (1991); Satya Harischandra and Dushyanta in Brahmarshi Vishwamitra (1991); Lord Krishna and Arjuna in Sri Krishnarjuna...
came to be called Shakuntala. Later, Shakuntala falls in love with King Dushyanta and gives birth to a child called Bharata, who in Hindu tradition, lent...
to her wedding with ASP Dushyanta. Suraj tries to woo Suma during her wedding, but to no avail. During the wedding, Dushyanta receives a phone call from...
he did another Malayalam movie Pulli. In 2021 he was selected to play Dushyanta in the Telugu movie Shaakuntalam opposite Samantha. The movie was released...
Marutta (Chakravarti King of Ushiraviga), Gadhi (Vishwamitra's father), Dushyanta (Bharata's father), Suratha (King of Vidarbha), Gaya (Chakravarti king...
Aryavarta. It is also variously said to be derived from the name of either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Mahabharata. At first the name Bhāratavarsha referred...
enraged Durvasa rishi, who cursed her that Dushyanta would forget her. Durvasa later clarified that Dushyanta would remember her when she presented his...
members or the performance of ritual ceremonies take place. The marriage of Dushyanta and Shakuntala was a historically celebrated example of this class of...
one of his descendants (through Puru) was King Bharata, the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala. Further descendants were part of the Kuru Kingdom, including...
December 2018. "Hisar News: दुष्यंत चौटाला का अमेरिका में सम्मान - chautala dushyanta honor in the us". 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March...
India's local name Bhārat derives from the legendary Bharata (either Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata), held by tradition as the first...
Pandavas and the Kauravas. According to the epic, Bharata was the son of Dushyanta and was a Chakravartin. Bhima is the second born of the Pandavas and son...