Shumhata
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The Shumhata (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀ, romanized: Šumhata, lit. 'Names') is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism.[1]
The Shumhata is numbered as Prayer 173 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qulasta,[2] which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53).[3]
The Shumhata prayer
[edit]Like the Asut Malkia, the Shumhata is a litany which lists following the names (in Drower's 1959 version).[2] The Mandaic below in parentheses has been transliterated from Al-Mubaraki (2010).[4]
- Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi (šuma d̠-hiia u-šuma d̠-manda d̠-hiia madkar ʿlak)
- aina (well-spring) (šuma d̠-aina rabtia kasita qadmaita madkar ʿlak)
- sindirka (date palm or sandarac[5] tree) (šuma d̠-sindirka rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
- Šišlam Rba (šuma d̠-šišlam rba madkar ʿlak)
- Ezlat Rabtia (šuma d̠-ʿzlat rabtia madkar ʿlak)
- Yawar Rba (šuma d̠-iauar rba madkar ʿlak)
- Simat Hiia (šuma d̠-simat hiia madkar ʿlak)
- Yukabar Rba (šuma d̠-iukabar rba madkar ʿlak)
- Mana and his counterpart (šuma d̠-mana u-dmuta madkar ʿlak)
- Great Mystery, the mystic Word (šuma d̠-raza rba pugdama kasia madkar ʿlak)
- S'haq Ziwa Rba Qadmaia (šuma d̠-shaq ziua rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
- Sam Ziwa (šuma d̠-sam ziua dakia bukra habiba rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
- Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi (second repetition) (šuma d̠-hiia u-šuma d̠-manda d̠-hiia madkar ʿlak)
Each of the names is preceded by "[the] name of" (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡀ ࡖ, romanized: šuma d̠-) and followed by the phrase "is pronounced upon thee" (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡃࡊࡀࡓ ࡏࡋࡀࡊ, romanized: madkar ʿlak). This list of names, which is also repeated in the commentary of Prayer 18 of the Qulasta, is followed by a request to be protected from illnesses and misfortunes.[6]
A similar litany prayer that comes after the Shumhata is the King of Kings (malka d̠-kulhun malkia) prayer, which is Prayer 176 of the Qulasta.
See also
[edit]- Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism)
- Asut Malkia
- Tabahatan
- Shal Shulta
- Rushuma
- Rahma (Mandaeism)
- Qulasta
- List of Qulasta prayers
- Rishama (ablution)
- Tamasha (ablution)
References
[edit]- ^ Choheili, Shadan. Rishama and Barakha Rituals. Liverpool, NSW: Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.
- ^ a b Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^ Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Qulasta - 'niania & Qabina / Mandaean Liturgical Prayer Book (Responses & Marriage) (volume 2). Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN 9781876888152.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2023). The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. pp. 577–584. ISBN 9780648795414.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos; Lofts, Mark J. (2025). The Qulasta. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 978-0-6487954-3-8.
