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In Mandaeism, manda ( Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡀࡅࡐࡀ) is the concept of gnosis or spiritual knowledge. [1] Mandaeans stress salvation of the soul through secret knowledge (gnosis) of its divine origin. [2] Mandaeism "provides knowledge of whence we have come and whither we are going." [3]: 531
On the basis of cognates in other Aramaic dialects, Semiticists such as Mark Lidzbarski and Rudolf Macúch have translated the term manda as "knowledge" (cf. Imperial Aramaic: מַנְדַּע mandaʻ in Dan. 2:21, 4:31, 33, 5:12; cf. Hebrew: מַדַּע maddaʻ, with characteristic assimilation of /n/ to the following consonant, medial -nd-, hence becoming -dd- [4]). In his 1965 Mandaic handbook, Macúch suggests that due to the special religious use of the word, -n- was added in order to make it unique from other words with the same root. [5]
Mandaeism ('having knowledge') comes from the Mandaic word manda, meaning " knowledge". [6]: 15 Mandaean priests formally refer to themselves as Naṣuraia ( Nasoraeans), meaning guardians or possessors of secret rites and knowledge. [7] [8]
Mandaia ( Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ, lit. 'Gnostic, Knower, Enlightened One'; plural: Mandaiia) is a Mandaic term that refers to a Mandaean layperson, as opposed to a Naṣuraia (Mandaean priest). [9]: 116
The beth manda (beit manda, bit manda, ࡁࡉࡕ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ, 'house of knowledge'), also called a mandi, is a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.
The name of the uthra Manda d-Hayyi literally means the manda ( gnosis) of Hayyi Rabbi ("The Life"). Manda d-Hayyi is considered to be the most important uthra, since he is the one bringing manda (knowledge or gnosis) to Earth ( Tibil). [10]
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In Mandaeism, manda ( Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡀࡅࡐࡀ) is the concept of gnosis or spiritual knowledge. [1] Mandaeans stress salvation of the soul through secret knowledge (gnosis) of its divine origin. [2] Mandaeism "provides knowledge of whence we have come and whither we are going." [3]: 531
On the basis of cognates in other Aramaic dialects, Semiticists such as Mark Lidzbarski and Rudolf Macúch have translated the term manda as "knowledge" (cf. Imperial Aramaic: מַנְדַּע mandaʻ in Dan. 2:21, 4:31, 33, 5:12; cf. Hebrew: מַדַּע maddaʻ, with characteristic assimilation of /n/ to the following consonant, medial -nd-, hence becoming -dd- [4]). In his 1965 Mandaic handbook, Macúch suggests that due to the special religious use of the word, -n- was added in order to make it unique from other words with the same root. [5]
Mandaeism ('having knowledge') comes from the Mandaic word manda, meaning " knowledge". [6]: 15 Mandaean priests formally refer to themselves as Naṣuraia ( Nasoraeans), meaning guardians or possessors of secret rites and knowledge. [7] [8]
Mandaia ( Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ, lit. 'Gnostic, Knower, Enlightened One'; plural: Mandaiia) is a Mandaic term that refers to a Mandaean layperson, as opposed to a Naṣuraia (Mandaean priest). [9]: 116
The beth manda (beit manda, bit manda, ࡁࡉࡕ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ, 'house of knowledge'), also called a mandi, is a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.
The name of the uthra Manda d-Hayyi literally means the manda ( gnosis) of Hayyi Rabbi ("The Life"). Manda d-Hayyi is considered to be the most important uthra, since he is the one bringing manda (knowledge or gnosis) to Earth ( Tibil). [10]