Shumhata Explained

The Shumhata (ࡔࡅࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀ|translit=Šumhata|lit=Names) is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism.^[1]

The rushma 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]

Prayer

Like the Asiet Malkia, the Shumhata is a litany which lists following the names (in Drower's 1959 version).^[2]

1. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi
2. aina (well-spring)
3. sindirka (date palm or sandarac^[4] tree)
4. Shishlam Rabba
5. Zlat
6. Yawar
7. Simat Hayyi
8. Yukabar
9. Mana and his counterpart
10. Great Mystery, the mystic Word
11. S'haq Ziwa
12. Sam

See also

• Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism)
• Asiet Malkia
• Tabahatan
• Rushma
• Rahma (Mandaeism)
• Qulasta
• List of Qulasta prayers
• Rishama (ablution)
• Tamasha (ablution)

Notes and References

1. Choheili, Shadan. Rishama and Barakha Rituals. Liverpool, NSW: Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi.
2. Book: Drower, E. S.. The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. E. J. Brill. 1959. Leiden.
3. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.
4. Book: Gelbert, Carlos. 2023. The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney. Living Water Books. 9780648795414. 577-584.