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The Asiet Malkia or Asut Malkia[1] ("Salutation of Kings"[2]) is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism. In the prayer, the reciter wishes health and victory (asuta u-zakuta ࡀࡎࡅࡕࡀ ࡅࡆࡀࡊࡅࡕࡀ) upon dozens of heavenly and ancestral figures. According to E. S. Drower, it is recited daily by priests and also before all baptisms (masbuta), ritual meals (lofani), and various rites.[3]
The Asiet Malkia is numbered as Prayer 105 in E. S. Drower's version of the
Etymology
Asut or asuta can be literally translated as 'healing', while malkia means 'kings' (singular form: malka).[1]
Similarly, Mandaeans typically greet each other with the phrase:[1]
- Asuta nihwilkun (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡎࡅࡕࡀ ࡍࡉࡄࡅࡉࡋࡊࡅࡍ, lit.'Healing be upon you (pl.)')
The response would typically be:[1]
- Asawata ḏ-Hiia nihwilak (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡎࡀࡅࡀࡕࡀ ࡖࡄࡉࡉࡀ ࡍࡉࡄࡅࡉࡋࡀࡊ, lit.'All healings of the Living One(s) be upon you (sg.)')
Prayer
The formula asuta u-zakuta nhuilkun (ࡀࡎࡅࡕࡀ ࡅࡆࡀࡊࡅࡕࡀ ࡍࡄࡅࡉࡋࡊࡅࡍ "health and victory are yours") is recited dozens of times in the prayer before the names of each uthra or set of uthras, Hayyi Rabbi, some of the prophets, and the reciter himself, almost all of whom are addressed as malka (ࡌࡀࡋࡊࡀ "king").
Drower (1937)
Drower's (1937) version lists the following
- Treasure of the Great First Sublime Life (ginza d-hiia rbia qadmaiia yaqira)
- Lord of Lofty Greatness (Mara d-rabuta ʿilaita)
- Yushamin the Pure, son of Niṣabtun
- Manda d-Hiia, son of Niṣabtun
- Hibil Ziwa
- Anush Uthra
- Shishlam Rabba
- ʿS'haq, the first great Radiancy (ʿS'haq Ziwa Rba qadmaiia)
- Sam Ziwa, the Pure, eldest, first, beloved (Sam Ziwa dakia bukra habiba rba qadmaiia)
- Anush
- Adatan and Yadatan
- Shilmai and Nidbai, guardian ʿutri of the flowing water (ʿuthria naṭria d-yardna; i.e., the guardian uthras of the yardna of Piriawis)
- 24 ʿutri, sons of the light
- 4 beings, sons of perfection
- Anṣab and consort (lit. cloud) of Anṣab
- Sar and Sarwan
- Zhir and Tar and Tarwan
- ʿUrfiʿil and Marfiʿil and Yawar Tugmur
- ShingilanʿUtra
- Bar-BagʿUtra
- ShingilanʿUtra
- Simat Hiia
- ʿIzlatthe Great
- SharatNiṭufta
- Kanat Niṭufta
- Bihrat Anana
- Abatur Rama
- ʿUṣṭuna Rabba
- Abatur Muzania
- Bar-Zahrʿil (i.e., Ptahil)
- Yahya Yuhana (i.e., John the Baptist)
- Adam, First Man (Adam gabra qadmaiia)
- Shitil, son of Adam
- malki (kings) and ʿutri and indwellers, and flowing waters and outgushings and all the dwellings of the World of Light
The word
Drower (1959)
Drower's (1959) version, which differs from the version in Drower (1937), lists the following
- great Gate of the precious House of Mercies
- honoured First Parents
- Treasure of the great First honoured Life
- Mara d-Rabuthaʿlaita
- Yušaminthe Pure, son of Niṣibtun
- Manda d-Hiia, son of Niṣibtun
- Hibil Ziwa
- Anuš ʿuthra
- Šišlam Rba
- ʿS'haq ZiwaRba Qadmaia
- Sam Ziwa, pure, eldest, beloved, great, first Radiance
- Anuš
- Adatan and Yadatan
- Šilmay and Nidvay, two guardian ʿuthras of the jordan
- 24 ʿuthras, sons of light
- 4 beings, sons of Salutation
- Nṣaband Anan Nṣab
- Sar and Sarwan
- Zhir and Bihrun
- Tar and Tarwan
- Yufin-Yufafin
- Habšaba (Sunday) and Kana d-Zidqa
- Barbagʿuthra
- Šingilanʿuthra
- Simat Hiia
- Great ʿZlat
- ŠaratNiṭufta
- Kanat Niṭufta
- Bihrat Anana
- Abathur Rama
- ʿUṣṭuna Rba
- Abathur Muzania
- Zahriel
- Yahia Yuhana
- Adam, the first man
- Šitil, son of Adam the first man
- kings and ʿuthras
- indwellings and jordans
- running streams and škintasof the world(s) of light
See also
- Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism)
- Tabahatan
- Shumhata
- Rahma (Mandaeism)
- Qolasta
- Litany of the Saints
- Intercession of saints
References
- ^ ISSN 1783-1342.
- ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^ a b Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
- ^ a b Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ Salutation of Kings (Asiet malkia) recited by Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in the Netherlands. Mandaean Museum.
- ^ Macúch, Rudolf (1965). Handbook of Classical and Modern Mandaic. Berlin: De Gruyter.
External links
- Salutation of Kings (Asiet malkia) recited by Rbai Rafid al-Sabti in the Netherlands
- Salutation of Kings (Asiet malkia) recited by Abdullah Khaffagi in Ahvaz in 1960
- Asiet Malkia recited by Abdullah bar Negm (recorded on 21 November 1977 by Kurt Rudolph)
- Salutation of Kings (Asiet malkia) recited at a Parwanaya service held at a mandi in Michigan
- Asiet malkia recited in Stockholm, Sweden
- Asiet malkia recited in Stockholm, Sweden (part 2)
- Asiet malkia recited in Stockholm, Sweden (part 3)