SHAKUNTALA SAKHI OR SHAKUNTALA AND HER FRIENDS:This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma follows Kalidasa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam where Kanva brings up Shakuntala in his hermitage. Shakuntala had two companions or friends (sakhis), Anusuya and Priyamvada.