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The process may be explained as follows !- The æsthetic personality has been prepared by the introductory scene to receive the presented in the æsthetic manner. It has been freed from the elements of indivi- duality by the preliminary music. A state of self-forgetful- ness exists. At this stage presentation begins. The scene is a part of the holy forest in the vicinity of Kanva's hermitage. A hermitage-deer appears, pursued by King Dusyanta in his chariot. It is running for life from the arrow of the king. It is in very great fear. As such, it is represented to be responsible for the develop- ment of the suggested spiritual meaning "Terror", Bhaya- naka, in the king and through him in the spectator, who has identified himself with the former. The process begins with the intellectual apprehension of the presented. The contents of consciousness are beautifully put in the following verse :- Grīvābhangābhirāmam muhuranupatati syandane baddhadrsțiḥ, Paścārdhena praviștaḥ śarapatanabhayād bhūyasā pūrvakāyam. Darbhairardhavalīdhaih śramavitatamukha-bhramśibhi kīrņavartmā. Paśyodagraplutatvādviyati bahutaram stokamurvyām prayāti. The spectator hears it. The consciousness of the mean- ing of the verse as a whole arises in him through conven- tional and intentional powers of language (Abhidha and Tatparya). The inner visualisation of the whole takes place. The elements of time, place and so forth are inhibited. The time is the chief factor in the causal efficiency of the individual.1 That having been inhibited, the inhibition of the 1. A. Bh., Vol. I., p. 36