| Scroll of Exalted Kingship Diwan Malkuta ʿLaita ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡏࡋࡀࡉࡕࡀ | |
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| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Language | Mandaic language |
TheScroll of Exalted Kingship (Classical Mandaic:ࡃࡉࡅࡀࡍ ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡏࡋࡀࡉࡕࡀDiwan Malkuta ʿLaita;Modern Mandaic:Diwān Malkuthā Əlaythā[1]) is aMandaean religious text. Written as a large illustrated scroll, the text consists of 1363 lines. The scroll is a commentary on the initiation of thetarmida "junior priest".
Other related texts includeThe Coronation of the Great Shishlam, also a commentary on the initiation of the tarmida, and the two esoteric texts[2]Alma Rišaia Rba "The Great 'First World'" (DC 41) andAlma Rišaia Zuṭa "The Lesser 'First World'" (DC 48).[3]
An English translation of the text, based on Manuscript 34 of theDrower Collection (commonly abbreviatedDC 34), was published byJorunn Jacobsen Buckley in 1993.[4]
A typesetted Mandaic version of DC 34 was published byMajid Fandi Al-Mubaraki in 2002.[5]
MSRRC 2O, another manuscript version ofDiwan Malkuta Elaita, was copied by Sam Yuhana br Yahia Adam inḤuwaiza in 1077 A.H. (1666–7 A.D.).[6] Although it is missing a large section corresponding to lines 912–1131 of DC 34, it is often more accurate than DC 34.[7]
The beginning of the scroll, from lines 7–227, references 103 prayers in theQulasta, which are:[3]
The scroll describes what happens in theWorld of Light (such as being blessed by a certainuthra) for each Qulasta prayer that is recited.
The scroll has an illustrated diagram of a wellspring (aina) with 9 trees emerging out of the wellspring. The wellspring diagram contains the first 6 letters of theMandaic alphabet (a ࡀ, b ࡁ, g ࡂ, d ࡃ, h ࡄ, u ࡅ), along with 14 sections labeled with the wordsteacher,crown,wreath, ether, fire,garment, stole, tunic,girdle, mother, father, brother, sister.[3]
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