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Named by the discoverer (RI 895) for the heroine of a famous sanskrit drama by the Indian poet Kalidasa. The Hindu poet and dramatist lived sometime between the fourth and sixth century, was a native of Ujjain and lived at the court of one King Vikramaditya. Sakuntala is a dramatization of part of the Mahabharata. (H 108; LDS)