Outline of Mandaeism
Overview of and topical guide to Mandaeism
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mandaeism.
People
Mandaean diaspora
Historical identities
Related groups
- Kentaeans
- Elcesaites
- Ebionites
- Borborites
- Euchites
- Quqites
- Archontics
- Bana'im
- Hemerobaptists
- Maghāriya
Names
- Mandaean name
- Family names
Mandaean priests
- Mandaean priest
- Titles and rankings
- Assistant roles
- Shganda (priestly assistant; acolyte)
- Institutions
Individual priests
- First millennium CE
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Living people
Notable Mandaeans (non-priests)
- Nasser Sobbi
- Dakhil Shooshtary
- Lamia Abbas Amara
- Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
- Sinan Abdullah
- Zahroun Amara
- Salem Choheili
Literature
Main texts
Prayers
- Qolasta (prayerbook)
Ritual texts
- The Wedding of the Great Shishlam
- Scroll of the Parwanaya
- Scroll of the Great Baptism
- Scroll of the Ancestors
- Zihrun Raza Kasia
Esoteric texts
- 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
Apotropaic texts
Cosmology
Intermediary realms
- Tibil (Earth)
- Yardna (river)
- Matarta (purgatory)
- Hitfun (a dividing river)
- Shahrat (a light-ship)
- Shatrin (a tree in limbo)
World of Light
- 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
- 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
- World of Darkness
- Sea of Suf (a dividing sea)
- Siniawis (a river)
- Jesus in Mandaeism (Mshiha)
Demons
- Demons in Mandaeism
- Ruha ("Spirit")
- Ur (Leviathan)
- Krun
- Gaf
- Qin
- Anathan
- Shdum
- Giu
- Hag and Mag
- Zartai-Zartanai
- Zahreil
- Planets (part of the entourage of Ruha)
Important figures
Concepts
- 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
Ritual food and drink
Sacramental drinks
Sacramental foods
- Pihta (flatbread, may be salted on unsalted)
- Fatira (unsalted half-baked biscuit)
- Sa (rolled up flatbread with nuts and raisins)
Sacramental meals
Clothing
- Rasta (robe)
- Burzinqa (turban)
- Pandama (mouth-veil)
- Himiana (girdle)
- Margna (staff)
- Klila (wreath)
- Taga (crown)
Rituals and practices
- 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
- Mandi
- Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad, Iraq
- Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Australia
- Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Australia
- Shkinta
- Andiruna
Calendar
Feasts
- 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
Epochs
Language
- Mandaic language
- Neo-Mandaic
- Mandaic alphabet
- Mandaic (Unicode block)
Academic research
- Mandaean studies
- Related disciplines
Publications
- ARAM Periodical (academic journal)
Scholars of Mandaeism
17th century
19th century
- Julius Euting
- Jacques de Morgan
- Theodor Nöldeke
- Matthias Norberg
- Julius Heinrich Petermann
- Nicolas Siouffi
- John George Taylor
20th century
- E. S. Drower
- Mark Lidzbarski
- Rudolf Macúch
- Richard August Reitzenstein
- Kurt Rudolph
- Eric Segelberg
- Edwin M. Yamauchi
21st century
- Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
- Bogdan Burtea
- Carlos Gelbert
- Charles G. Häberl
- Edmondo Lupieri
- James F. McGrath
- Matthew Morgenstern
- Brikha Nasoraia
- Rafid al-Sabti
External links
Mandaeism at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
