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mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Names for adherents</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandaeans" title="Mandaeans">Mandaeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabians" title="Sabians">Sabians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazarene_(sect)#Nasoraean_Mandaeans" title="Nazarene (sect)">Nasoraeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandaean_texts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mandaean texts">Scriptures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> <ul><li><i><a 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Questions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Scroll of Exalted Kingship</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">Alma Rišaia Rba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Zu%E1%B9%ADa" title="Alma Rišaia Zuṭa">Alma Rišaia Zuṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zihrun_Raza_Kasia" title="Zihrun Raza Kasia">Zihrun Raza Kasia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Parwanaya" title="Scroll of the Parwanaya">Scroll of the Parwanaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Zodiac" title="Book of the Zodiac">Book of the Zodiac</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dmut_Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" title="Dmut Kušṭa">Dmut Kušṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Rivers" title="Scroll of the Rivers">Scroll of the 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style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Individual leaders</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miriai" title="Miriai">Miriai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shlama_beth_Qidra" title="Shlama beth Qidra">Shlama beth Qidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zazai_of_Gawazta" title="Zazai of Gawazta">Zazai of Gawazta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anush_Bar_Danqa" class="mw-redirect" title="Anush Bar Danqa">Anush Bar Danqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Bihram" title="Yahya Bihram">Yahya Bihram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakhil_Aidan" title="Dakhil Aidan">Dakhil Aidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Choheili" title="Jabbar Choheili">Jabbar Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattar_Jabbar_Hilow" title="Sattar Jabbar Hilow">Sattar Jabbar Hilow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najah_Choheili" title="Najah Choheili">Najah Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Choheili" title="Salah Choheili">Salah Choheili</a></li> 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mandaean_priest_initiation_22.png/330px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_22.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mandaean_priest_initiation_22.png/440px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_22.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1117" /></a><figcaption>A tarmida reading a Mandaean manuscript codex in <a href="/wiki/Nasiriyah" title="Nasiriyah">Nasiriyah</a>, Iraq in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>tarmida</b> (singular form in <a href="/wiki/Classical_Mandaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Mandaic language">Classical Mandaic</a>: <span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡕࡀࡓࡌࡉࡃࡀ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'disciple', plural form in <a href="/wiki/Classical_Mandaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Mandaic language">Classical Mandaic</a>: <span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡕࡀࡓࡌࡉࡃࡉࡀ</span> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">tarmidia</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">ترمیدا</span>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ترميذة</span>) is a junior <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_priest" title="Mandaean priest">priest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ganzibra" title="Ganzibra">Ganzibras</a>, or head priests, rank above tarmidas.<sup id="cite_ref-Secret_Adam_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Secret_Adam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_G._H%C3%A4berl" title="Charles G. Häberl">Häberl</a> (2022) considers the Mandaic word <i>tarmida</i> to be a borrowing from Hebrew <i>talmid</i> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93" class="extiw" title="wikt:תלמיד">תַלמִיד</a></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Häberl_2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Häberl_2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ordination">Ordination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ordination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png/220px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png/330px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png/440px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_09.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1501" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i> being read inside a tarmida initiation hut in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Tarmida initiates or <a href="/wiki/Novice" title="Novice">novices</a> (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ</span></span> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">šualia</i></span>) can come from any "pure" family. In other words, the families must be ritually pure, meaning that there are no family members who have committed grave sins. Ritually pure laymen are also known as <i>hallali</i> in <a href="/wiki/Mandaic_language" title="Mandaic language">Mandaic</a>. Typically, the novices have been trained as ritual assistants (<i><a href="/wiki/Shganda" title="Shganda">šganda</a></i> or <i>ašganda</i>) when they were children. Initiates may or may not be married, although typically they are not yet married.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to be ordained as a tarmida, the initiate (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ</span></span> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">šualia</i></span>) must go through a complex series of <a href="/wiki/Initiation" title="Initiation">initiation</a> rituals lasting 68 days. Various rituals are performed by the initiator priest (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡓࡁࡀ</span></span> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">rba</i></span>), who recites from priestly esoteric texts such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i> (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">Šarh d-Traṣa d-Taga d-Šišlam Rabbā</i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-DC54_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DC54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Scroll of Exalted Kingship</a></i> (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita</i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">The Great Supreme World</a></i> (<span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">Alma Rišaia Rba</a></i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-pair_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pair-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a></i>. Ritual helpers (<i><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ganda" class="mw-redirect" title="Šganda">šganda</a></i> or <span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡔࡂࡀࡍࡃࡀ</span></span> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language romanization"><i lang="myz-Latn">ašganda</i></span>), who represent emissaries from the <a href="/wiki/World_of_Light" title="World of Light">World of Light</a>, also help perform the rituals, many of which are held in a specially constructed priest initiation hut (<i><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0kinta" class="mw-redirect" title="Škinta">škinta</a></i>) and also a nearby temporary reed hut (<i><a href="/wiki/Andiruna" title="Andiruna">andiruna</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stages">Stages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>For the first 7 of the 68 days, both the novice and the initiator stay in the <i>škinta</i> without sleeping. This period is concluded by the novice baptizing the initiator.</li> <li>Next, the novice goes through 60 days of seclusion, maintains his ritual purity, and cooks his own food. Only the <i>šganda</i>, who visits everyday to exchange <i><a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kušṭa">kušṭa</a></i>, is allowed to come in contact with the novice. 180 <i><a href="/wiki/Rahma_(Mandaeism)" title="Rahma (Mandaeism)">rahmas</a></i> (devotional prayers) are recited during these 60 days, with 60 prayers each meant for the soul, spirit, and body (hence 3 sets of 60) as the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">Coronation</a></i> text explains.</li> <li>After the 60 days of seclusion are over, additional rituals are performed with priests, including a <i><a href="/wiki/Zidqa_brikha" title="Zidqa brikha">zidqa brikha</a></i> (blessed <a href="/wiki/Oblation" title="Oblation">oblation</a>; <a href="/wiki/Classical_Mandaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Mandaic language">Classical Mandaic</a>: <span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡆࡉࡃࡒࡀ ࡁࡓࡉࡊࡀ</span>) ritual meal.</li> <li>Finally, the novice baptizes his initiator again, and the 68-day ordination ceremony is complete.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prayer_sequence">Prayer sequence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prayer sequence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Qulasta_prayers" title="List of Qulasta prayers">List of Qulasta prayers</a></div> <p>Below is the sequence of <a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a> prayer numbers for the tarmida initiation according to both the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">Coronation</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Exalted Kingship</a></i>. <i>Exalted Kingship</i> contains more detailed descriptions of the rituals, while the <i>Coronation</i> is shorter. During the prayers, <i><a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">pihta</a></i> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡐࡉࡄࡕࡀ</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramental_bread" title="Sacramental bread">sacramental bread</a>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">mambuha</a></i> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡌࡀࡌࡁࡅࡄࡀ</span></span> (sacramental water) are also consumed. Ritual handclasps (<i><a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kušṭa">kušṭa</a></i>) are often exchanged between the novice and the initiator, and sometimes also with the ritual assistant (<i>šganda</i>). Various names of the deceased (<i>zhara</i> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡆࡄࡀࡓࡀ</span></span>) are also uttered along with the prayers.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Initiation_begins">Initiation begins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Initiation begins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td>323</td> <td>323 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1–103 (novice’s recital in škinta)</td> <td>1–103 </td></tr> <tr> <td>324–327 (coronation prayers)</td> <td>324–327 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3, 5, 19</td> <td>3, 5, 19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>79, 81</td> <td>79, 80, 81 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Preparation_for_baptizing_novice">Preparation for baptizing novice</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Preparation for baptizing novice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1, 3, 5, 19</td> <td>1, 3, 5, 19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8, 34 (<a href="/wiki/Riha_(Mandaeism)" title="Riha (Mandaeism)">incense</a> prayers)</td> <td>8, 34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75–77</td> <td>75–77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 (with zharas)</td> <td>35 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Baptism_of_novice_begins">Baptism of novice begins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Baptism of novice begins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>10–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>414 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1st <a href="/wiki/Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kušṭa">kušṭa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>20–24 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>2nd kušṭa </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>36–45 (<a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">pihta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">mambuha</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>3rd kušṭa </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>25–28 (sealing prayers) </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>29, 30, 83–86, 88, 90 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>71–72 (1st concurrence) </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>4th kušṭa </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>18, 109 (<a href="/wiki/Rahma_(Mandaeism)" title="Rahma (Mandaeism)">rahmas</a> [devotions]) </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 (with zhara)</td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65</td> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>168–169</td> <td>168–169 </td></tr> <tr> <td>71–72</td> <td>71–72 (2nd concurrence) </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>36–45 (<a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">pihta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">mambuha</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>59–60</td> <td>59–60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31, 8</td> <td>31, 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>72</td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>171 </td></tr> <tr> <td>mqaimitun ["be raised up!"] (repeated 61 times)</td> <td>mqaimitun ["be raised up!"] </td></tr> <tr> <td>80</td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>kušṭa with šganda</td> <td>5th kušṭa </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 (<a href="/wiki/Masiqta" title="Masiqta">masiqta</a> oil)</td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td>178</td> <td>178 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1, 3, 9, 15</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>344–345</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>233–256 (kḏ azil<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td> <td>233–256 </td></tr> <tr> <td>330–347 (drabša prayers)</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i>Coronation</i> contains 3 sets of prayers during the final part of the ritual that are not listed in <i>Exalted Kingship</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Novice_crowned">Novice crowned</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Novice crowned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1, 3, 5, 19</td> <td>1, 3, 5, 19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35, 9</td> <td>35, 9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15–17</td> <td>15–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25–28 (haṭamtas [sealing prayers])</td> <td>25–28 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hamra_ceremony"><i><a href="/wiki/Hamra_(Mandaeism)" title="Hamra (Mandaeism)">Hamra</a></i> ceremony</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hamra ceremony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td>180–199</td> <td>180–199 </td></tr> <tr> <td>305–321 (<a href="/wiki/Antiphon" title="Antiphon">antiphons</a>)</td> <td>305–321 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cult_hut_(škinta)_period_begins"><span id="Cult_hut_.28.C5.A1kinta.29_period_begins"></span>Cult hut (<i>škinta</i>) period begins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cult hut (škinta) period begins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Coronation</i></th> <th><i>Exalted Kingship</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>72, 31, 8, 94, 63, kḏ azil </td></tr> <tr> <td>106–108</td> <td>106–108 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1, 3, 5, 19</td> <td>1, 3, 5, 19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8, 34</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>165–169 </td></tr> <tr> <td>113 (a Sunday prayer)</td> <td>113 </td></tr> <tr> <td>114–117</td> <td>114–116 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77, 9, 35</td> <td>77, 9, 35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15–17</td> <td>15–17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25–28</td> <td>25–28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58, 65</td> <td>58, 65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>119–122</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>165–169</td> <td>165 </td></tr> <tr> <td>71–72</td> <td>71–72 (3rd concurrence) </td></tr> <tr> <td>36–45</td> <td>36–45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59–60</td> <td>59–60 </td></tr> <tr> <td>72</td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>171 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80</td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>kušṭa</td> <td>kušṭa </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Prayers 34 and 119–122 are included in the <i>Coronation</i>, but not <i>Exalted Kingship</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gallery below contains images of a tarmida initiation held in Baghdad in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Seven priests begin the initiation by baptizing each other, and then the initiate."><img alt="Seven priests begin the initiation by baptizing each other, and then the initiate." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_04.png 2x" data-file-width="1347" data-file-height="1010" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seven priests begin the initiation by baptizing each other, and then the initiate.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A ram is sacrificed for the initiation ceremony."><img alt="A ram is sacrificed for the initiation ceremony." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png/80px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png/160px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_06.png 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="980" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A ram is sacrificed for the initiation ceremony.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A shkinta being built"><img alt="A shkinta being built" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_07.png 2x" data-file-width="1306" data-file-height="870" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <i><a href="/wiki/Shkinta" title="Shkinta">shkinta</a></i> being built</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The completed shkinta"><img alt="The completed shkinta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_08.png 2x" data-file-width="1270" data-file-height="846" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The completed <i>shkinta</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png" class="mw-file-description" title="An initiate in the andiruna"><img alt="An initiate in the andiruna" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png/80px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png/160px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_11.png 2x" data-file-width="737" data-file-height="1106" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An initiate in the <i><a href="/wiki/Andiruna" title="Andiruna">andiruna</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png" class="mw-file-description" title="An initiate receiving a sacred gold ring called Shom Yawar Ziwa"><img alt="An initiate receiving a sacred gold ring called Shom Yawar Ziwa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_12.png 2x" data-file-width="1293" data-file-height="862" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An initiate receiving a sacred gold ring called <i>Shom <a href="/wiki/Yawar_Ziwa" title="Yawar Ziwa">Yawar Ziwa</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Priests praying the Baii Rahmi (the Great Prayer)"><img alt="Priests praying the Baii Rahmi (the Great Prayer)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png/80px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png/160px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_14.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1501" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Priests praying the <i>Baii Rahmi</i> (the Great Prayer)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Priests reading the Baii Rahmi (the Great Prayer)"><img alt="Priests reading the Baii Rahmi (the Great Prayer)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png/80px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png/160px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_15.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1125" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Priests reading the <i>Baii Rahmi</i> (the Great Prayer)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png" class="mw-file-description" title="An initiate performing rishama (ablution) in order to start the lengthy prayer Baii Rahmi (Great Prayer), with the drabsha assembled in the background"><img alt="An initiate performing rishama (ablution) in order to start the lengthy prayer Baii Rahmi (Great Prayer), with the drabsha assembled in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png/80px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png/160px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_16.png 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1104" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An initiate performing <a href="/wiki/Rishama_(ablution)" title="Rishama (ablution)">rishama (ablution)</a> in order to start the lengthy prayer <i>Baii Rahmi</i> (Great Prayer), with the <a href="/wiki/Drabsha" title="Drabsha">drabsha</a> assembled in the background</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png" class="mw-file-description" title="An initiate baptizing his initiator"><img alt="An initiate baptizing his initiator" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_18.png 2x" data-file-width="1268" data-file-height="951" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An initiate baptizing his initiator</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Celebrating the newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008"><img alt="Celebrating the newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_20.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Celebrating the newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008"><img alt="Newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png/120px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png/180px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png/240px-Mandaean_priest_initiation_21.png 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="836" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Newly ordained tarmidia in Baghdad in 2008</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarmida&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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S. 1960. <i>The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis</i>. Oxford: Clarendon Press.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Häberl_2022-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Häberl_2022_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHäberl2022" class="citation book cs1">Häberl, Charles (2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781800856271"><i>The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire</i></a>. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 220. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-80085-627-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-80085-627-1"><bdi>978-1-80085-627-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Kings+and+the+Explanations+of+This+World%3A+A+Universal+History+from+the+Late+Sasanian+Empire&rft.place=Liverpool&rft.pages=220&rft.pub=Liverpool+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=978-1-80085-627-1&rft.aulast=H%C3%A4berl&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2Fbook%2F10.3828%2F9781800856271&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATarmida" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buckley_2002-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Buckley_2002_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuckley2002" class="citation book cs1">Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). <i>The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people</i>. New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-515385-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-515385-5"><bdi>0-19-515385-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/65198443">65198443</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mandaeans%3A+ancient+texts+and+modern+people&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F65198443&rft.isbn=0-19-515385-5&rft.aulast=Buckley&rft.aufirst=Jorunn+Jacobsen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATarmida" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DC54-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DC54_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Drower, E. S. 1962. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1351010">The Coronation of the Great Šišlam: Being a Description of the Rite of the Coronation of a Mandaean Priest according to the ancient Canon</a></i>. Leiden: Brill.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuckley1993" class="citation book cs1">Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1993). <i>The Scroll of Exalted Kingship: Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita</i>. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriented Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scroll+of+Exalted+Kingship%3A+Diwan+Malkuta+%CA%BFLaita&rft.place=New+Haven%2C+Connecticut&rft.pub=American+Oriented+Society&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Buckley&rft.aufirst=Jorunn+Jacobsen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATarmida" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pair-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pair_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Drower, E. S. 1963. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pairofnaoraeanco0000unse">A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World</a></i>. Leiden: Brill.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">24 prayers called <i>kḏ azil bhira dakia</i> <span title="Classical Mandaic-language text"><span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡗ ࡀࡆࡉࡋ ࡁࡄࡉࡓࡀ ࡃࡀࡊࡉࡀ</span></span> ("When the proven, pure one went"), which describe and praise the new priest, now included among his fellow <a href="/wiki/Uthra" title="Uthra">uthras</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yuhana Nashmi, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mandaeanpriests.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/107">Initiation of a Priest (Slideshow)</a>." <i>The Worlds of Mandaean Priests</i>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Titles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rishama" title="Rishama">Rishama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganzibra" title="Ganzibra">Ganzibra</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tarmida</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Shganda" title="Shganda">Shganda</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individuals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandaean_priests" title="List of Mandaean priests">List of Mandaean priests</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shlama_beth_Qidra" title="Shlama beth Qidra">Shlama beth Qidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zazai_of_Gawazta" title="Zazai of Gawazta">Zazai of Gawazta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anush_bar_Danqa" title="Anush bar Danqa">Anush bar Danqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Bihram" title="Yahya Bihram">Yahya Bihram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Zihrun" title="Ram Zihrun">Ram Zihrun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibia_Mudalal" title="Bibia Mudalal">Bibia Mudalal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Khaffagi" title="Abdullah Khaffagi">Abdullah Khaffagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negm_bar_Zahroon" title="Negm bar Zahroon">Negm bar Zahroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bar_Negm" title="Abdullah bar Negm">Abdullah bar Negm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bar_Sam" title="Abdullah bar Sam">Abdullah bar Sam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakhil_Aidan" title="Dakhil Aidan">Dakhil Aidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Choheili" title="Jabbar Choheili">Jabbar Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Choheili" title="Salah Choheili">Salah Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najah_Choheili" title="Najah Choheili">Najah Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taleb_Doraji" title="Taleb Doraji">Taleb Doraji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaldoon_Majid_Abdullah" title="Khaldoon Majid Abdullah">Khaldoon Majid Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahi_Bashikh" title="Sahi Bashikh">Sahi Bashikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattar_Jabbar_Hilow" title="Sattar Jabbar Hilow">Sattar Jabbar Hilow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuhana_Nashmi" title="Yuhana Nashmi">Yuhana Nashmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brikha_Nasoraia" title="Brikha Nasoraia">Brikha Nasoraia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafid_al-Sabti" title="Rafid al-Sabti">Rafid al-Sabti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salwan_Alkhamas" title="Salwan Alkhamas">Salwan Alkhamas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_Council_of_Ahvaz" title="Mandaean Council of Ahvaz">Mandaean Council of Ahvaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabian_Mandaean_Association_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia">Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandaic_manuscripts" title="List of Mandaic manuscripts">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_Ginza" title="Right Ginza">Right Ginza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Left_Ginza" title="Left Ginza">Left Ginza</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_Book_of_John" title="Mandaean Book of John">Mandaean Book of John</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prayers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Qulasta_(list)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Qulasta_prayers" title="List of Qulasta prayers">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sidra_d-Nishmata" title="Sidra d-Nishmata">Sidra d-Nishmata</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rushuma" title="Rushuma">Rushuma</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Asut_Malkia" title="Asut Malkia">Asut Malkia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eniana" title="Eniana">Eniana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rahma_(Mandaeism)" title="Rahma (Mandaeism)">Rahma</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tabahatan" title="Tabahatan">Tabahatan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shumhata" title="Shumhata">Shumhata</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Priestly texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thousand_and_Twelve_Questions" title="The Thousand and Twelve Questions">The Thousand and Twelve Questions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Scroll of Exalted Kingship</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Wedding of the Great Shishlam">The Wedding of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">Alma Rišaia Rba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Zu%E1%B9%ADa" title="Alma Rišaia Zuṭa">Alma Rišaia Zuṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zihrun_Raza_Kasia" title="Zihrun Raza Kasia">Zihrun Raza Kasia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Parwanaya" title="Scroll of the Parwanaya">Scroll of the Parwanaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Great_Baptism" title="Scroll of the Great Baptism">Scroll of the Great Baptism</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Ancestors" title="Scroll of the Ancestors">Scroll of the Ancestors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baptism_of_Hibil_Ziwa" title="The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa">The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Abatur" title="Scroll of Abatur">Scroll of Abatur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dmut_Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" title="Dmut Kušṭa">Dmut Kušṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Ancestors" title="Secrets of the Ancestors">Secrets of the Ancestors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Rivers" title="Scroll of the Rivers">Scroll of the Rivers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Zodiac" title="Book of the Zodiac">Book of the Zodiac</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Haran_Gawaita" title="Haran Gawaita">Haran Gawaita</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apotropaic_magic" title="Apotropaic magic">Apotropaic</a> texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incantation_bowl" title="Incantation bowl">Incantation bowls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaic_lead_rolls" title="Mandaic lead rolls">Lead rolls</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pi%C5%A1ra_d-Ainia" title="Pišra d-Ainia">Pišra d-Ainia</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology" title="Mandaean cosmology">Cosmology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tibil" title="Tibil">Tibil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yardna" title="Yardna">Yardna</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/World_of_Light" title="World of Light">World of Light</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayyi_Rabbi" title="Hayyi Rabbi">Hayyi Rabbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shkinta" title="Shkinta">Shkina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piriawis" title="Piriawis">Piriawis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mshunia_Kushta" title="Mshunia Kushta">Mshunia Kushta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarwan" title="Tarwan">Tarwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasana" title="Yasana">Yasana</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Uthras" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uthra" title="Uthra">Uthras</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yushamin" title="Yushamin">Yushamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abatur" title="Abatur">Abatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptahil" title="Ptahil">Ptahil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hibil" title="Hibil">Hibil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shitil" title="Shitil">Shitil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anush_(Mandaeism)" title="Anush (Mandaeism)">Anush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ziwa" title="Sam Ziwa">Sam Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manda_d-Hayyi" title="Manda d-Hayyi">Manda d-Hayyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilmai" title="Shilmai">Shilmai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidbai" title="Nidbai">Nidbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adathan_and_Yadathan" title="Adathan and Yadathan">Adathan and Yadathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yufin-Yufafin" title="Yufin-Yufafin">Yufin-Yufafin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urfeil_and_Marfeil" title="Urfeil and Marfeil">Urfeil and Marfeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarwan" title="Tarwan">Tar and Tarwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihram" title="Bihram">Bihram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zihrun" title="Zihrun">Zihrun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etinsib_Ziwa" title="Etinsib Ziwa">Etinsib Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nbat" title="Nbat">Nbat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nsab" title="Nsab">Nsab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gubran" title="Gubran">Gubran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shihlun" title="Shihlun">Shihlun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yura_(Mandaeism)" title="Yura (Mandaeism)">Yura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yurba" title="Yurba">Yurba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukabar" title="Yukabar">Yukabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukashar" title="Yukashar">Yukashar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yawar_Ziwa" title="Yawar Ziwa">Yawar Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simat_Hayyi" title="Simat Hayyi">Simat Hayyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saureil" title="Saureil">Saureil</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Concepts" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anana_(Mandaeism)" title="Anana (Mandaeism)">Anana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gufna" title="Gufna">Gufna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziwa_(Aramaic)" title="Ziwa (Aramaic)">Ziwa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Intermediary realms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matarta" title="Matarta">Matarta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitfun" title="Hitfun">Hitfun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrat" title="Shahrat">Shahrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatrin" title="Shatrin">Shatrin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness_(Mandaeism)" title="World of Darkness (Mandaeism)">World of Darkness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Suf" title="Sea of Suf">Sea of Suf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siniawis" title="Siniawis">Siniawis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Mandaeism" title="Jesus in Mandaeism">Mšiha</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demons_in_Mandaeism" title="Demons in Mandaeism">Demons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruha" title="Ruha">Ruha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krun" title="Krun">Krun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaf_(Mandaeism)" title="Gaf (Mandaeism)">Gaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_(Mandaeism)" title="Qin (Mandaeism)">Qin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anathan" title="Anathan">Anathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shdum" title="Shdum">Shdum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giu_(Mandaeism)" title="Giu (Mandaeism)">Giu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag_and_Mag" title="Hag and Mag">Hag and Mag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zartai-Zartanai" title="Zartai-Zartanai">Zartai-Zartanai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahreil" title="Zahreil">Zahreil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology#Planets" title="Mandaean cosmology">Planets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shamish" title="Shamish">Shamish</a> (Sun)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libat" title="Libat">Libat</a> (Venus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nbu" title="Nbu">Nbu</a> (Mercury)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin_(Mandaeism)" title="Sin (Mandaeism)">Sin</a> (Moon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwan" title="Kiwan">Kiwan</a> (Saturn)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil_(Mandaeism)" title="Bil (Mandaeism)">Bil</a> (Jupiter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirig" title="Nirig">Nirig</a> (Mars)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Important figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel" title="Abel">Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enos_(biblical_figure)" title="Enos (biblical figure)">Enosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriai" title="Miriai">Miriai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_(biblical_figure)" title="Elizabeth (biblical figure)">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legendary figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dinanukht" title="Dinanukht">Dinanukht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shishlam" title="Shishlam">Shishlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezlat" title="Ezlat">Ezlat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kushta" title="Kushta">Kushta</a> (truth)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manda_(Mandaeism)" title="Manda (Mandaeism)">Manda</a> (gnosis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laufa" title="Laufa">Laufa</a> (communion)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmuta" title="Dmuta">Dmuta</a> (image)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishimta" title="Nishimta">Nishimta</a> (soul)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruha#As_the_spirit" title="Ruha">Ruha</a> (spirit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mana_(Mandaeism)" title="Mana (Mandaeism)">Mana</a> (mind)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kasia" title="Adam Kasia">Adam Kasia</a> (hidden Adam)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Pagria" title="Adam Pagria">Adam Pagria</a> (bodily Adam)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Objects and symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drabsha" title="Drabsha">Drabsha</a> (banner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misha_(Mandaeism)" title="Misha (Mandaeism)">Misha</a> (oil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riha_(Mandaeism)" title="Riha (Mandaeism)">Riha</a> (incense)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skandola" title="Skandola">Skandola</a> (talisman seal)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ritual food and drink</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">Mambuha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halalta" title="Halalta">Halalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamra_(Mandaeism)" title="Hamra (Mandaeism)">Hamra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">Pihta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatira" title="Fatira">Fatira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa_(Mandaeism)" title="Sa (Mandaeism)">Sa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Meals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dukrana" title="Dukrana">Dukrana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofani" title="Lofani">Lofani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zidqa_brikha" title="Zidqa brikha">Zidqa brikha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clothing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rasta_(Mandaeism)" title="Rasta (Mandaeism)">Rasta</a> (robe)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burzinqa" title="Burzinqa">Burzinqa</a> (turban)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandama" title="Pandama">Pandama</a> (mouth-veil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himiana" title="Himiana">Himiana</a> (girdle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margna" title="Margna">Margna</a> (staff)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klila" title="Klila">Klila</a> (wreath)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taga_(Mandaeism)" title="Taga (Mandaeism)">Taga</a> (crown)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rituals and practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masbuta" title="Masbuta">Masbuta</a> (baptism)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamasha_(ablution)" title="Tamasha (ablution)">Tamasha</a> (triple ablution)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishama_(ablution)" title="Rishama (ablution)">Rishama</a> (minor ablution)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masiqta" title="Masiqta">Masiqta</a> (death mass)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabin" title="Qabin">Qabin</a> (wedding)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brakha" title="Brakha">Brakha</a> (prayer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bshuma" title="Bshuma">Bshuma</a> (name of God)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauma" title="Sauma">Sauma</a> (fasting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zidqa" title="Zidqa">Zidqa</a> (almsgiving)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Naming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buildings and structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandi_(Mandaeism)" title="Mandi (Mandaeism)">Mandi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sabian%E2%80%93Mandaean_Mandi_of_Baghdad" title="Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad">Baghdad Mandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganzibra_Dakhil_Mandi" title="Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi">Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Yuhana_Mandi" title="Yahya Yuhana Mandi">Yahya Yuhana Mandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallacia_Mandi" title="Wallacia Mandi">Wallacia Mandi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shkinta" title="Shkinta">Shkinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andiruna" title="Andiruna">Andiruna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_calendar" title="Mandaean calendar">Calendar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Feasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dehwa_Rabba" title="Dehwa Rabba">Dehwa Rabba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="Feast of the Great Shishlam">Feast of the Great Shishlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehwa_Hanina" title="Dehwa Hanina">Dehwa Hanina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Haris" title="Abu al-Haris">Abu al-Haris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parwanaya" title="Parwanaya">Parwanaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehwa_Daimana" title="Dehwa Daimana">Dehwa Daimana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Months</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daula_(month)" title="Daula (month)">Daula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuna_(month)" title="Nuna (month)">Nuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embra_(month)" title="Embra (month)">ʿmbra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taura_(month)" title="Taura (month)">Taura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silmia" title="Silmia">Ṣilmia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sartana_(month)" title="Sartana (month)">Sarṭana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(month)" title="Aria (month)">Aria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shumbulta" title="Shumbulta">Šumbulta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaina" title="Qaina">Qaina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arqba" title="Arqba">Arqba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitia" title="Hitia">Hiṭia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadia_(month)" title="Gadia (month)">Gadia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Epochs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve" title="Adam and Eve">Adam and Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_and_Rud" title="Ram and Rud">Ram and Rud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shurbai_and_Sharhabeil" title="Shurbai and Sharhabeil">Shurbai and Sharhabeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_wife#In_Mandaeism" title="Noah's wife">Nuraita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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