Mambuha

InMandaeism,mambuha(Classical Mandaic:ࡌࡀࡌࡁࡅࡄࡀ), sometimes spelledmambuga(Classical Mandaic:ࡌࡀࡌࡁࡅࡂࡀ), is sacramental drinking water used in rituals such as themasbuta(baptism).^[1]^[2]

The mambuha can be served in akapta(pronouncedkafta), a shallow brass drinking bowl that is 11 inches or less in perimeter, or in aqanina(glass bottle).^[3]

Traditionally, mambuha is taken directly from theyardna(river, i.e. theEuphrates,Tigris,orKarunrivers), but the Mandaean diaspora often uses treated tap water.

Prayers[edit]

Various prayers in theQolasta,including prayers33,44,45,60,and82,are recited during the drinking of themambuha.^[4]

References[edit]

^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.
^Burtea, Bogdan (2008).Zihrun, das verborgene Geheimnis(in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.ISBN 978-3-447-05644-1.OCLC 221130512.
^Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937.The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
^Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.

External links[edit]

Sydney 2014 Masbuta 09: Preparing and Blessing Pihtha and Mamboha

[Buckley_2002-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.

[DC27-2] Burtea, Bogdan (2008).Zihrun, das verborgene Geheimnis(in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.ISBN 978-3-447-05644-1.OCLC 221130512.

[Drower_1937-3] Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937.The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.

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

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