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Adam Kasia ( Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ; also referred to using the portmanteau Adakas ࡀࡃࡀࡊࡀࡎ or Adakas Ziwa in the Ginza Rabba [1]) means "the hidden Adam" in Mandaic. [2] The hidden Adam is also called Adam Qadmaiia (ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ, "The First Adam"). [2] In Mandaeism, it means the soul of the first man. [3] He is also identified as Shishlam, the primordial priest. [4]
Among the Mandaeans, Adam Kasia means the soul of every human. [2] [5] [6] Adam Kasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon. [7]
Prayers in the Qolasta, such as the Asiet Malkia, also refer to Adam as "Adam the First Man" (Adam Gabra Qadmaiia). [8] The Thousand and Twelve Questions, a Mandaean priestly text, also refers to Adam Kasia as Adam-S'haq [9] ('Adam-was-bright'), Adam-S'haq-Ziwa, [3] or Adam-S'haq-Rba, who is described as the father of Shishlam, the archetype of the prototypical Mandaean. [10]
The wife of Adam Kasia is Hawa Kasia ('hidden Eve'), also known as Hawa Ziwa ('radiant Eve') or Anana Ziwa ('radiant cloud'). [11]
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Adam Kasia ( Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ; also referred to using the portmanteau Adakas ࡀࡃࡀࡊࡀࡎ or Adakas Ziwa in the Ginza Rabba [1]) means "the hidden Adam" in Mandaic. [2] The hidden Adam is also called Adam Qadmaiia (ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ, "The First Adam"). [2] In Mandaeism, it means the soul of the first man. [3] He is also identified as Shishlam, the primordial priest. [4]
Among the Mandaeans, Adam Kasia means the soul of every human. [2] [5] [6] Adam Kasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon. [7]
Prayers in the Qolasta, such as the Asiet Malkia, also refer to Adam as "Adam the First Man" (Adam Gabra Qadmaiia). [8] The Thousand and Twelve Questions, a Mandaean priestly text, also refers to Adam Kasia as Adam-S'haq [9] ('Adam-was-bright'), Adam-S'haq-Ziwa, [3] or Adam-S'haq-Rba, who is described as the father of Shishlam, the archetype of the prototypical Mandaean. [10]
The wife of Adam Kasia is Hawa Kasia ('hidden Eve'), also known as Hawa Ziwa ('radiant Eve') or Anana Ziwa ('radiant cloud'). [11]