Summary
The Scroll of Exalted Kingship (Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡏࡋࡀࡉࡕࡀ Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita) is a Mandaean religious text. Written as a large illustrated scroll, the text consists of 1363 lines. The scroll is a commentary on the initiation of the tarmida "junior priest".
| Scroll of Exalted Kingship Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡏࡋࡀࡉࡕࡀ | |
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| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Language | Mandaic language |
Other related texts include The Coronation of the Great Shishlam, also a commentary on the initiation of the tarmida, and the two esoteric texts[1] Alma Rišaia Rba "The Great 'First World'", DC 41 and Alma Rišaia Zuṭa "The Lesser 'First World'", DC 48.[2]
Manuscripts and translations edit
An English translation of the text, based on Manuscript 34 of the Drower Collection (commonly abbreviated DC 34), was published by Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley in 1993.[3]
A typesetted Mandaic version of DC 34 was published by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki in 2002.[4]
Contents edit
The beginning of the scroll, from lines 7–227, references 103 prayers in the Qolasta, which are:[2]
- a masbuta liturgy (prayers 1–31)
- a masiqta liturgy (prayers 32–72)
- 2 ʿngirta prayers (prayers 73 and 74)
- 3 prayers of praise (prayers 75–77)
- the ʿnianas (prayers 78–103)
The scroll describes what happens in the World of Light (such as being blessed by a certain uthra) for each Qolasta prayer that is recited.
The scroll has an illustrated diagram of a wellspring (aina) with 9 trees emerging out of the wellspring. The wellspring diagram contains the first 6 letters of the Mandaic alphabet (a ࡀ, b ࡁ, g ࡂ, d ࡃ, h ࡄ, u ࡅ), along with 14 sections labeled with the words teacher, crown, wreath, ether, fire, garment, stole, tunic, girdle, mother, father, brother, sister.[2]
Prayer sequence edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Drower, E. S. 1963. A Pair of Naṣoraean Commentaries: Two Priestly Documents, the Great First World and the Lesser First World. Leiden: Brill.
- ^ a b c Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1993). The Scroll of Exalted Kingship: Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriented Society.
- ^ Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2002). Malkutha 'laitha (D.C. 34). Mandaean Diwan. Vol. 3. Sydney. ISBN 1-876888-03-2.
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External links edit
- Diwan Malkutha 'laitha (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)
- Diwan Malkutha 'laitha (Mandaic text from the Mandaean Network)