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The Shumhata (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀ, romanized: Šumhata, lit. 'Names') is a commonly recited prayer 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

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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]

  1. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi (šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ʿlak)
  2. aina (well-spring) (šuma ḏ-aina rabtia kasita qadmaita madkar ʿlak)
  3. sindirka (date palm or sandarac[5] tree) (šuma ḏ-sindirka rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
  4. Šišlam Rba (šuma ḏ-šišlam rba madkar ʿlak)
  5. Ezlat Rabtia (šuma ḏ-ʿzlat rabtia madkar ʿlak)
  6. Yawar Rba (šuma ḏ-iauar rba madkar ʿlak)
  7. Simat Hiia (šuma ḏ-simat hiia madkar ʿlak)
  8. Yukabar Rba (šuma ḏ-iukabar rba madkar ʿlak)
  9. Mana and his counterpart (šuma ḏ-mana u-dmuta madkar ʿlak)
  10. Great Mystery, the mystic Word (šuma ḏ-raza rba pugdama kasia madkar ʿlak)
  11. S'haq Ziwa Rba Qadmaia (šuma ḏ-shaq ziua rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
  12. Sam Ziwa (šuma ḏ-sam ziua dakia bukra habiba rba qadmaia madkar ʿlak)
  13. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi (second repetition) (šuma ḏ-hiia u-šuma ḏ-manda ḏ-hiia madkar ʿlak)

Each of the names is preceded by "[the] name of" (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡀ ࡖ, romanized: šuma ḏ-) 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 ḏ-kulhun malkia) prayer, which is Prayer 176 of the Qulasta.

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References

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  1. ↑ Choheili, Shadan. Rishama and Barakha Rituals. Liverpool, NSW: Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.
  2. 1 2 Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  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. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gelbert, Carlos (2023). The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. pp. 577–584. ISBN 9780648795414.
  6. ↑ Gelbert, Carlos; Lofts, Mark J. (2025). The Qulasta. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 978-0-6487954-3-8.
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