| Scroll of the Parwanaya Šarḥ ḏ-Parwanaia | |
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 A photocopy of theScroll of the Parwanaya used at the 2014 Parwanaya festival in Sydney, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Language | Mandaic language |
TheScroll of the Parwanaya (Classical Mandaic:ࡔࡀࡓࡇ ࡖࡐࡀࡓࡅࡀࡍࡀࡉࡉࡀŠarḥ ḏ-Parwanaiia) is aMandaean religious text that describes the rituals of the five-dayParwanaya festival. Excluding thecolophon, the text consists of 931 lines.[1]
Copies of the scroll include Manuscript 24 of theDrower Collection (DC 24), currently held at theBodleian Library.[2] The scroll was originally copied byYahya Bihram in 1832 at his sister's son's house inMuhammerah (Khorramshahr), Iran.[3] The scroll was analyzed and translated into German byBogdan Burtea in 2005.[2][4]
The contents of the scroll are as follows.[2]
