Outline of Mandaeism
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mandaeism.
People[edit]
Mandaean diaspora[edit]
Historical identities[edit]
Related groups[edit]
- Kentaeans
- Elcesaites
- Ebionites
- Borborites
- Euchites
- Quqites
- Archontics
- Bana'im
- Hemerobaptists
- Maghāriya
Names[edit]
- Mandaean name
- Family names
Mandaean priests[edit]
- Mandaean priest
- Titles and rankings
- Assistant roles
- Shganda (priestly assistant; acolyte)
- Institutions
Individual priests[edit]
- First millennium CE
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Living people
Notable Mandaeans (non-priests)[edit]
- Nasser Sobbi
- Dakhil Shooshtary
- Lamia Abbas Amara
- Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
- Sinan Abdullah
- Zahroun Amara
- Salem Choheili
Literature[edit]
Main texts[edit]
Prayers[edit]
- Qolasta (prayerbook)
Ritual texts[edit]
- The Wedding of the Great Shishlam
- Scroll of the Parwanaya
- Scroll of the Great Baptism
- Scroll of the Ancestors
- Zihrun Raza Kasia
Esoteric texts[edit]
- The Thousand and Twelve Questions
- Scroll of Exalted Kingship
- The Coronation of the Great Shishlam
- Alma Rišaia Rba
- Alma Rišaia Zuṭa
- The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
- Scroll of Abatur
- Dmut Kušṭa
- Secrets of the Ancestors
- Scroll of the Rivers
- Book of the Zodiac
Historical texts[edit]
Apotropaic texts[edit]
Cosmology[edit]
Intermediary realms[edit]
- Tibil (Earth)
- Yardna (river)
- Matarta (purgatory)
- Hitfun (a dividing river)
- Shahrat (a light-ship)
- Shatrin (a tree in limbo)
World of Light[edit]
- World of Light
- Hayyi Rabbi (Supreme Deity)
- Shkina (celestial dwelling)
- Piriawis (celestial river)
- Anana (cloud)
- Gufna (vine)
- Ziwa (radiance)
- Mshunia Kushta (heavenly world of ideal counterparts)
- Tarwan (a "pure land")
- Yasana (a heavenly gate)
Uthras[edit]
- Uthra (angelic or celestial being)
- Yushamin (Second Life)
- Abatur (Third Life)
- Ptahil (Fourth Life)
- Hibil (Abel)
- Shitil (Seth)
- Anush (Enosh)
- Sam Ziwa (Shem)
- Manda d-Hayyi ("Gnosis of Life")
- Shilmai
- Nidbai
- Adathan and Yadathan
- Yufin-Yufafin
- Urfeil and Marfeil
- Tar and Tarwan
- Bihram
- Zihrun
- Etinsib Ziwa
- Nbat
- Nsab
- Gubran
- Shihlun
- Yura
- Yurba
- Yukabar
- Yukashar
- Yawar Ziwa
- Simat Hayyi ("Treasure of Life")
- Saureil
World of Darkness[edit]
- World of Darkness
- Sea of Suf (a dividing sea)
- Siniawis (a river)
- Jesus in Mandaeism (Mshiha)
Demons[edit]
- Demons in Mandaeism
- Planets (part of the entourage of Ruha)
Important figures[edit]
Concepts[edit]
- Kushta (truth)
- Manda (gnosis)
- Laufa (communion)
- Dmuta (image)
- Nishimta (soul)
- Ruha (spirit)
- Mana (mind)
- Adam Kasia (hidden Adam)
- Adam Pagria (bodily Adam)
Objects and symbols[edit]
Ritual food and drink[edit]
Sacramental drinks[edit]
Sacramental foods[edit]
- Pihta (flatbread, may be salted on unsalted)
- Fatira (unsalted half-baked biscuit)
- Sa (rolled up flatbread with nuts and raisins)
Sacramental meals[edit]
Clothing[edit]
- Rasta (robe)
- Burzinqa (turban)
- Pandama (mouth-veil)
- Himiana (girdle)
- Margna (staff)
- Klila (wreath)
- Taga (crown)
Rituals and practices[edit]
- Masbuta (baptism)
- Tamasha (triple ablution)
- Rishama (minor ablution)
- Masiqta (death mass)
- Qabin (wedding)
- Brakha (prayer)
- Bshuma (formula)
- Sauma (fasting)
- Zidqa (almsgiving)
- Naming
Buildings and structures[edit]
- Mandi
- Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad, Iraq
- Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Australia
- Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Australia
- Shkinta
- Andiruna
Calendar[edit]
Feasts[edit]
- Dehwa Rabba (New Year)
- Feast of the Great Shishlam ("Little New Year")
- Dehwa Hanina ("Little Feast")
- Abu al-Haris (commemoration of Noah's flood)
- Parwanaya (5-day intercalary feast)
- Dehwa Daimana (birthday of John the Baptist)
Months[edit]
Epochs[edit]
Language[edit]
Academic research[edit]
- Mandaean studies
- Related disciplines
Publications[edit]
- ARAM Periodical (academic journal)
Scholars of Mandaeism[edit]
17th century[edit]
19th century[edit]
- Julius Euting
- Jacques de Morgan
- Theodor Nöldeke
- Matthias Norberg
- Julius Heinrich Petermann
- Nicolas Siouffi
- John George Taylor
20th century[edit]
- E. S. Drower
- Mark Lidzbarski
- Rudolf Macúch
- Richard August Reitzenstein
- Kurt Rudolph
- Eric Segelberg
- Edwin M. Yamauchi
21st century[edit]
- Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
- Bogdan Burtea
- Carlos Gelbert
- Charles G. Häberl
- Edmondo Lupieri
- James F. McGrath
- Matthew Morgenstern
- Brikha Nasoraia
- Rafid al-Sabti