Pišra d-Ainia

*Pišra ḏ-Ainia*
ࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ
Pišra ḏ-Ainia; ࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ
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Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language

Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡐࡕࡀ ࡖࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ, "Exorcism of the Evil Eyes") is a Mandaean text used to protect against the evil eye.^[1]^[2]

Manuscripts

There are at least 4 or 5 extant manuscripts of Pišra ḏ-Ainia.

Drower Collection (DC) manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library
- DC 21 was copied by Sheikh Faraj (Adam br Iahia br Adam Zihrun) for E. S. Drower in December 1935 and contains 803 lines. It was published by Drower in JRAS No. 4 (Oct. 1937).^[3] Erica Hunter published an analysis in 2013.^[4]
- DC 29 was purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937. (Full transliterated text from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon)
Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC) manuscripts held in Nijmegen, Netherlands^[5]
- RRC 1E^[6]
- RRC 3K was copied at Shushtar in 1080 A.H. (1669-70 A.D.). It is the oldest surviving Mandaic magical manuscript currently known to international scholars.^[6]
MS Berlin

References

^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^ Yamauchi, Edwin M. (1967). Mandaic Incantation Texts. New Haven: American Oriental Society.
^ Drower, E. S. (1937). "S̲h̲afta d̲ Pis̲h̲ra d̲ Ainia". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (4). Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 589–611. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25201592.
^ Hunter, Erica C. D. (2013). "Comparative Perspectives on Šapta ḏ-pišra ḏ-ainia". Durch Dein Wort ward jegliches Ding! (in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-06973-1. OCLC 856902570.
^ Morgenstern, Matthew. New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Mandaic. In: V. Golinets et. al (eds.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Sechstes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 09.–11. Februar 2013 in Heidelberg. AOAT, Ugarit Verlag.
^ ^a ^b Morgenstern, Matthew (ed.). "Šapta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia". The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. Retrieved 2024-07-27.

External links

Full transliterated text of DC 29 from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

[Buckley2010-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Yamauchi_1967-2] Yamauchi, Edwin M. (1967). Mandaic Incantation Texts. New Haven: American Oriental Society.

[DC21-3] Drower, E. S. (1937). "S̲h̲afta d̲ Pis̲h̲ra d̲ Ainia". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (4). Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland: 589–611. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25201592.

[Shapta_Ainia-4] Hunter, Erica C. D. (2013). "Comparative Perspectives on Šapta ḏ-pišra ḏ-ainia". Durch Dein Wort ward jegliches Ding! (in German). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-06973-1. OCLC 856902570.

[NewSources-5] Morgenstern, Matthew. New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Mandaic. In: V. Golinets et. al (eds.), Neue Beiträge zur Semitistik. Sechstes Treffen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Semitistik in der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vom 09.–11. Februar 2013 in Heidelberg. AOAT, Ugarit Verlag.

[CAL_Pishra_d-Ainia-6] Morgenstern, Matthew (ed.). "Šapta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia". The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon. Retrieved 2024-07-27.

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