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Traditionally, the Tipiṭaka scriptures consisted of individual palm leaves, each measuring around 50 centimetres (20 in) in length and around 4 to 6 centimetres (1.6 to 2.4 in) in width. They were perforated and threaded in order to combine them in stacks of 20 to 40 pages. These stacks are
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to raise the storage from the ground. Bricks were preferably used in constructions to battle termites. Sometimes the ho trai would be built, especially for this reason, above man-made ponds.
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which is then wrapped in cloth and stored in a special bookcase. These bookcases are sometimes exquisitely crafted with
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applied on black lacquer. Beautiful examples of bookcases can be seen in the
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Wat Phra Singh
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