Kd azil bhira dakia
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In Mandaeism, kḏ azil bhira dakia (Classical Mandaic: ࡗ ࡀࡆࡉࡋ ࡁࡄࡉࡓࡀ ࡃࡀࡊࡉࡀ, lit. 'when the chosen, pure one went') is a group of 24 Mandaean prayers in the Qulasta.[1] The prayers are commonly recited during Mandaean priest initiation ceremonies and other religious functions.[2]
Opening line
[edit]The prayers all begin with the opening line, "When/where the chosen pure one went" (kḏ azil bhira dakia) "to the place where the Perfected Ones dwell" (l-atra ḏ-iatbia).[1] Each word of kḏ azil bhira dakia can be translated as follows.
- kḏ 'when' or 'where'
- azil 'went'
- bhira 'chosen (one[s])'
- dakia 'pure (one[s])'
The 'chosen' or 'pure' one refers to a Mandaean priest or Nasoraean as he joins his fellow uthras (i.e., other Mandaean priests, who are considered to be uthras on earth) in the World of Light.[2]
Published versions
[edit]In E. S. Drower's Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans (1959) (henceforth abbreviated CP), they are numbered as prayer numbers 233–256 and are also duplicated as prayers 261–284. In Drower (1959), they make up a total of 24 prayers (excluding duplicates).[3] A revised English translation of the prayers can be found in the Qulasta (2025) by Carlos Gelbert and Mark J. Lofts.[1]
Part 3 of the Oxford Collection in Mark Lidzbarski's Mandäische Liturgien (1920) contains selected portions of the kḏ azil bhira dakia prayers, which are organized into 19 separate prayers.[4] They correspond to various parts (typically the middle and/or bottom portions) of CP 233–240, 243–246, 250–251, 253, and 255 in Drower (1959), but not CP 241–242, 247–249, 252, 254, and 256.
All of the kḏ azil bhira dakia prayers have been published using typesetted Mandaic by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki in Ktaba ḏ-Qabin (Book of Marriage), which makes up Part 2 in Volume 2 of Al-Mubaraki's Qulasta set (initially published in 1999 and subsequently revised in 2010).[5]
Corresponding prayers
[edit]Corresponding prayers between Lidzbarski (1920)[4] and Drower (1959)[3] are as follows.
| Oxford[4] | CP[3] | CP duplicate[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 233 (bottom part) | 261 |
| 3.2 | 234 (bottom part) | 262 |
| 3.3 | 235 (bottom part) | 263 |
| 3.4 | 236 (bottom part) | 264 |
| 3.5 | 237 (middle part) | 265 |
| 3.6 | 237 (bottom part) | 265 |
| 3.7 | 238 (bottom part) | 266 |
| 3.8 | 239 (bottom part) | 267 |
| 3.9 | 240 (middle part) | 268 |
| 3.10 | 243 (middle part) | 271 |
| 3.11 | 244 (middle part) | 272 |
| 3.12 | 244 (bottom part) | 272 |
| 3.13 | 245 (bottom part) | 273 |
| 3.14 | 246 (middle part) | 274 |
| 3.15 | 250 (middle part) | 278 |
| 3.16 | 251 (middle part) | 279 |
| 3.17 | 253 (middle part) | 281 |
| 3.18 | 253 (bottom part) | 281 |
| 3.19 | 255 (bottom part) | 283 |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gelbert, Carlos; Lofts, Mark J. (2025). The Qulasta. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 978-0-6487954-3-8.
- ^ a b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- ^ a b c d Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ a b c Lidzbarski, Mark. 1920. Mandäische Liturgien. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, phil.-hist. Klasse, NF 17.1. Berlin.
- ^ 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.
