Daula (month)

Daula
Daula
Native name	ࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ(Classical Mandaic)
Calendar	Mandaean calendar
Month number	1
Number of days	30
Season	sitwa(winter)
Gregorian equivalent	July / August
Significant days	Dehwa Rabba(Daula 1); Feast of the Great Shishlam(Daula 6)
	←Gadia Nuna→

Daula(Classical Mandaic:ࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ) is the first month of theMandaean calendar.^[1]The month begins withDehwa Rabba,or New Year's Day. TheFeast of the Great Shishlamis celebrated on the sixth day of the month.^[2]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellationAquarius.^[1]It currently corresponds to July / August in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References[edit]

^^a ^bBhayro, Siam (2020-02-10)."Cosmology in Mandaean Texts".Hellenistic Astronomy.Brill. pp. 572–579.doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046.ISBN 9789004243361.S2CID 213438712.Retrieved2021-09-03.
^Gelbert, Carlos (2005).The Mandaeans and the Jews.Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books.ISBN 0-9580346-2-1.OCLC 68208613.

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[Bhayro_2020-1] Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10)."Cosmology in Mandaean Texts".Hellenistic Astronomy.Brill. pp. 572–579.doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046.ISBN 9789004243361.S2CID 213438712.Retrieved2021-09-03.

[Gelbert_2005-2] Gelbert, Carlos (2005).The Mandaeans and the Jews.Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books.ISBN 0-9580346-2-1.OCLC 68208613.

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