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Scroll of the Parwanaya

Mandaean text

The Scroll of the Parwanaya (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀ‎ Šarḥ ḏ-Parwanaiia) is a Mandaean religious text that describes the rituals of the five-day Parwanaya festival. Excluding the colophon, the text consists of 931 lines.[1]

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A ganzibra reading the Scroll of the Parwanaya at the 2015 Parwanaya festival in Ahvaz, Iran

Manuscripts and translations

Copies of the scroll include Manuscript 24 of the Drower Collection (DC 24), currently held at the Bodleian Library.[2] The scroll was originally copied by Yahya Bihram in 1832 at his sister's son's house in Muhammerah (Khorramshahr), Iran.[3] The scroll was analyzed and translated into German by Bogdan Burtea in 2005.[2][4]

Contents

The contents of the scroll are as follows.[2]

  • Lines 1–81: Ritual preliminaries
  • Lines 82–99: šarḥ ḏ-qnasa ḏ-iuna ḏ-paruanaiia (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡒࡍࡀࡎࡀ ࡖࡉࡅࡍࡀ ࡖࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀ) "The dove sacrifice of the Parwanaya"
  • Lines 99–243: šarḥ ḏ-dukrana lhdaia rba zadiqa (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡃࡅࡊࡓࡀࡍࡀ ࡋࡄࡃࡀࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡆࡀࡃࡉࡒࡀ) "The memorial of the dead (dukrana) of the only great righteous"
  • Lines 244–300: šarḥ ḏ-ahaba ḏ-mania b-iuma ḏ-paruanaiia mandaiia gabra eu enta eu rba eu zuṭa (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡀࡁࡀࡄࡀ ࡖࡌࡀࡍࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡅࡌࡀ ࡖࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ ࡏࡅ ࡂࡀࡁࡓࡀ ࡏࡅ ࡏࡍࡕࡀ ࡏࡅ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡏࡅ ࡆࡅࡈࡀ) "The offering of the garments on the day of Parwanaya (to all) Mandaeans, man or woman, great or small"
  • Lines 301–342: šarḥ ḏ-ahaba ḏ-mania ḏ-tarmida eu ganzibra (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡀࡁࡀࡄࡀ ࡖࡌࡀࡍࡉࡀ ࡖࡕࡀࡓࡌࡉࡀ ࡏࡅ ࡂࡀࡍࡆࡉࡁࡓࡀ) "The offering of the garments of a priest or a ganzibra"
  • Lines 343–578: šarḥ ḏ-ṭabahata (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡈࡀࡁࡀࡄࡀࡕࡀ) "The fathers/parents (ṭabahata)"
  • Lines 579–806: šarḥ ḏ-dukrana ḏ-sumaiia (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡃࡅࡊࡓࡀࡍࡀ ࡖࡎࡅࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ) "The remembrance of the dead (dukrana) of the names"
  • Lines 807–931: šarḥ ḏ-zidqa brika ḏ-paruanaiia (ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡆࡉࡃࡒࡀ ࡁࡓࡉࡊࡀ ࡖࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀ) "The blessed alms of the Parwanaya"
  • Lines 932–53v: colophon

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. [2]
    Burtea, Bogdan (2005). Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage: Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentierung der Handschrift (DC 24, Šarh ḏ-paruanaiia) (in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-05179-8. OCLC 62273841.
  3. [3]
    Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  4. [4]
    Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Review of Bogdan Burtea, Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005). In: Journal of the American Oriental Society, 127(2), 208–210. American Oriental Society. doi:10.7282/T3GX48XP
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