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InMandaeism,aʿniana(Classical Mandaic:ࡏࡍࡉࡀࡍࡀ;plural form:ʿnianiaࡏࡍࡉࡀࡍࡉࡀ) prayer is recited during rituals such as themasiqtaand priest initiation ceremonies.[1]There is a total of 26 ʿniana prayers. They form part of theQolasta.[2]
Etymology[edit]
ʿNianaliterally means "response,"[3]since the prayers may have originally been recited in acall and responsemanner.
Manuscripts and translations[edit]
Jacques de Morgan's manuscript collection included a ʿniania manuscript dating back to 1833.[3]
The prayers have been translated into English byE. S. Drower(1959).[2]They have also been translated into German byMark Lidzbarski(1920).[4]
List of niana prayers[edit]
The ʿniana prayers are numbered from78–103in both Drower's and Lidzbarski's versions of theQolasta.
- Prayer 78
- Prayer 79:prayer for theklilafor the staff (margna)
- Prayer 80
- Prayer 81
- Prayer 82:mambuhaprayer
Masbutaprayers: |
Masiqtaprayers:
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Communion prayer: |
Concluding prayer:
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There are also two niana poems in Book 15 of theRight Ginza,which are chapters 15 and 16 of Book 15. These two poems contain the refrain "when the chosen/proven pure one went away" (kḏ azil bhira dakiaࡗ ࡀࡆࡉࡋ ࡁࡄࡉࡓࡀ ࡃࡀࡊࡉࡀ).[5]This refrain is also found in prayers 205 and 233–256 of the Qolasta.[2]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-515385-5.OCLC65198443.
- ^abcDrower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^abBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920.Mandäische Liturgien.Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.
- ^Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN9780958034630.
External links[edit]
- ʿNiani prayers(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- ʿNiani prayers(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- Diwan ʿNiani d-Masbuta(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- Diwan ʿNiani d-Masbuta(Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)