Shal Shulta
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The Shal Shulta (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡋ ࡔࡅࡋࡕࡀ, romanized: Šal Šulta) is a commonly recited prayer in Mandaeism.[1] It is numbered as Prayer 171 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 Ṭabahatan (Prayer 170) directly precedes the Shal Shulta prayer.[2]
Contents
[edit]The prayer begins with the lines, "Praised be the First Great Radiance" (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡔࡀࡁࡀ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡀ, lit. 'mšaba ziua rba qadmaia').[4]
The prayer the goes on to praise the:[4]
- light (nhura)
- wellspring (aina)
- date palm (sindirka)
- source (kana)
- Shishlam Rabba
- Ezlat Rabtia
- Yawar
- Simat Hayyi
- Yardna
- Shkinta
Afterwards, admonitions from Yawar are mentioned. Finally, Habshaba (Sunday), Bihram Rabba, Abatur Rama, Mahziel (the first great word), Haia-Šum, Yawar Rabba, and Yur Rabba are addressed in lengthier invocations.[4]
See also
[edit]- Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism)
- Asut Malkia
- Tabahatan
- Shumhata
- Rahma (Mandaeism)
- Qulasta
- List of Qulasta prayers
References
[edit]- ^ Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Gelbert, Carlos; Lofts, Mark J. (2025). The Qulasta. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 978-0-6487954-3-8.
External links
[edit]- Šal Šulta recited by Salem Choheili in Ahvaz, Iran
