Outline of Mandaeism
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The followingoutlineis provided as an overview of and topical guide toMandaeism.
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]
Apotropaictexts[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 ofRuha)
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