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moisture, hence, now in modern times the mass are to be kept in an aircourtoned, from when these faithties are available.
There are possibilities of the folios be they of the birch-bank or the palm-leaf mass or the paper-mass getting stuck with one another due to humidity, moisture, etc. Under these circumstances getting them separated straight involves the possibility of the damage to the mass concerned. For separat them, a wet piece of cloth is to be put award it for the required time, and then with great care the folios under reference are to be separated the gutala powder is also used, in the sticking in due to gum-effect in ink. In this context the festival of the Jnanapancham also known as the Labhapanchama, which falls on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Karttika, may be mentioned. It has a special significance in the Jain community. The Jains celebrate this day as a religious festival day to offer worship to the mass-wealth. It is significant to note that this day falls, when the climate has become dry after the rainy season.
To protect the mass from the damage that may be careful by insects like silver-fish, white ants, fangia etc. Powder of shell pieces of a acrons known as ugagnadha in Sanskrit and ghodavaja in Gujarati is recommend. As it is oily in nature, the powder or the pieces are to be put in a small piece of cloth to avoid dote etc. occurring on the folios of the ms. Moreover, camphor-tablets, naphthaline balls, D.D.T. powder (dichlor - diphenyl- trichlorethane powder), gamexine
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