Brakha

Daily prayer inMandaeism,calledbrakhaࡁࡓࡀࡊࡀinMandaic(cognatewith Hebrewberakhahand Arabicbarakah) or occasionallybirukta(birukhta),^[1]consists of set prayers that are recited three times per day.^[2]Mandaeans stand facing north while reciting daily prayers.^[3]Unlike in Islam andCoptic Orthodox Christianity,prostrationis not practiced.

Mandaean priestsreciterahmaprayers^[4]^[5]three times every day, while laypeople also recite theRushuma(signing prayer) andAsut Malkia( "Healing of Kings" ) daily.^[2]

In Mandaic, the generic term for an individual prayer isbuta(plural form:bawata).^[6]

Prayer times

The three prayer times in Mandaeism are:^[7]^[4]^[8]

dawn (sunrise) (corresponding to theFajr prayerin Islam andShacharitin Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of theRight Ginzaasrahmia ḏ-miṣṭipra)
noontime (the "seventh hour" ) (corresponding to theZuhr prayerin Islam andMinchain Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of theRight Ginzaasrahmia ḏ-šuba šaiia)
evening (sunset) (corresponding to theMaghrib prayerin Islam andMaarivin Judaism; mentioned in Book 8 of theRight Ginzaasrahmia ḏ-l-paina)

Traditionally, the prayers are performed while wearing therasta(robe),burzinqa(turban), andhimiana(belt).^[7]

References

^Nasoraia, Brikha H.S.(2021).The Mandaean gnostic religion: worship practice and deep thought.New Delhi: Sterling.ISBN 978-81-950824-1-4.OCLC 1272858968.
^^a ^bBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.
^^a ^bDrower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
^Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920.Mandäische Liturgien.Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.
^Segelberg, Eric(1958).Maṣbūtā: Studies in the Ritual of Mandaean Baptism.Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell.
^^a ^bDrower, Ethel Stefana (1937).The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
^Choheili, Shadan.Rishama and Barakha Rituals.Liverpool, NSW:Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.

External links

[Nasoraia_2021-1] Nasoraia, Brikha H.S.(2021).The Mandaean gnostic religion: worship practice and deep thought.New Delhi: Sterling.ISBN 978-81-950824-1-4.OCLC 1272858968.

[Buckley2010-2] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Buckley_2002-3] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.

[Drower_1959-4] Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.

[Liturgien-5] Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920.Mandäische Liturgien.Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.

[Segelberg-6] Segelberg, Eric(1958).Maṣbūtā: Studies in the Ritual of Mandaean Baptism.Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell.

[Drower_1937-7] Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937).The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.

[8] Choheili, Shadan.Rishama and Barakha Rituals.Liverpool, NSW:Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.

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