The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mandaeism.
People edit
Mandaean diaspora edit
Historical identities edit
Related groups edit
- Kentaeans
- Elcesaites
- Ebionites
- Borborites
- Euchites
- Quqites
- Archontics
- Bana'im
- Hemerobaptists
- Maghāriya
Names edit
- Mandaean name
- Family names
Mandaean priests edit
- Mandaean priest
- Titles and rankings
- Assistant roles
- Shganda (priestly assistant; acolyte)
- Institutions
Individual priests edit
- First millennium CE
- 19th century
- 20th century
- Living people
Notable Mandaeans (non-priests) edit
Literature edit
Main texts edit
Prayers edit
- Qolasta (prayerbook)
Ritual texts edit
- The Wedding of the Great Shishlam
- Scroll of the Parwanaya
- Scroll of the Great Baptism
- Scroll of the Ancestors
- Zihrun Raza Kasia
Esoteric texts edit
- The Thousand and Twelve Questions
- Scroll of Exalted Kingship
- The Coronation of the Great Shishlam
- Alma Rišaia Rba
- Alma Rišaia Zuṭa
- The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
- Scroll of Abatur
- Dmut Kušṭa
- Secrets of the Ancestors
- Scroll of the Rivers
- Book of the Zodiac
Historical texts edit
Apotropaic texts edit
Cosmology edit
Intermediary realms edit
- Tibil (Earth)
- Yardna (river)
- Matarta (purgatory)
- Hitfun (a dividing river)
- Shahrat (a light-ship)
- Shatrin (a tree in limbo)
World of Light edit
- World of Light
- Hayyi Rabbi (Supreme Deity)
- Shkina (celestial dwelling)
- Piriawis (celestial river)
- Anana (cloud)
- Gufna (vine)
- Ziwa (radiance)
- Mshunia Kushta (heavenly world of ideal counterparts)
- Tarwan (a "pure land")
- Yasana (a heavenly gate)
Uthras edit
- Uthra (angelic or celestial being)
- Yushamin (Second Life)
- Abatur (Third Life)
- Ptahil (Fourth Life)
- Hibil (Abel)
- Shitil (Seth)
- Anush (Enosh)
- Sam Ziwa (Shem)
- Manda d-Hayyi ("Gnosis of Life")
- Shilmai
- Nidbai
- Adathan and Yadathan
- Yufin-Yufafin
- Urfeil and Marfeil
- Tar and Tarwan
- Bihram
- Zihrun
- Etinsib Ziwa
- Nbat
- Nsab
- Gubran
- Shihlun
- Yura
- Yurba
- Yukabar
- Yukashar
- Yawar Ziwa
- Simat Hayyi ("Treasure of Life")
- Saureil
World of Darkness edit
- World of Darkness
- Sea of Suf (a dividing sea)
- Siniawis (a river)
- Jesus in Mandaeism (Mshiha)
Demons edit
Important figures edit
Concepts edit
- Kushta (truth)
- Manda (gnosis)
- Laufa (communion)
- Dmuta (image)
- Nishimta (soul)
- Ruha (spirit)
- Mana (mind)
- Adam Kasia (hidden Adam)
- Adam Pagria (bodily Adam)
Objects and symbols edit
Ritual food and drink edit
Sacramental drinks edit
Sacramental foods edit
- Pihta (flatbread, may be salted on unsalted)
- Fatira (unsalted half-baked biscuit)
- Sa (rolled up flatbread with nuts and raisins)
Sacramental meals edit
Clothing edit
Rituals and practices edit
Buildings and structures edit
- Mandi
- Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad, Iraq
- Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi, Australia
- Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Australia
- Shkinta
- Andiruna
Calendar edit
Feasts edit
- Dehwa Rabba (New Year)
- Feast of the Great Shishlam ("Little New Year")
- Dehwa Hanina ("Little Feast")
- Abu al-Haris (commemoration of Noah's flood)
- Parwanaya (5-day intercalary feast)
- Dehwa Daimana (birthday of John the Baptist)
Months edit
Epochs edit
Language edit
Academic research edit
- Mandaean studies
- Related disciplines
Publications edit
- ARAM Periodical (academic journal)
Scholars of Mandaeism edit
17th century edit
19th century edit
- Julius Euting
- Jacques de Morgan
- Theodor Nöldeke
- Matthias Norberg
- Julius Heinrich Petermann
- Nicolas Siouffi
- John George Taylor
20th century edit
- E. S. Drower
- Mark Lidzbarski
- Rudolf Macúch
- Richard August Reitzenstein
- Kurt Rudolph
- Eric Segelberg
- Edwin M. Yamauchi