Nbat
| Nbaṭ | |
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| Other names | Nbaṭ Rba Nbaṭ Ziwa |
| Abode | World of Light |
| Army | Gubran, Yawar, Bihram, and Yukabar |
| Battles | Leader of the battle against Yushamin |
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In
Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡁࡀࡈ, lit. 'Sprout') is an uthra (angel or guardian) who is described as the "King of Air" or the "first great Radiance." He is also called Nbaṭ Rba ("the Great Nbaṭ" or "Great Sprout"[1]) or Nbaṭ Ziwa "the Radiant Nbaṭ", literally "Radiance Burst Forth".[2]: 2 In The Thousand and Twelve Questions , he is also known as Kušṭa Yaqra "Solemn Truth".[3]
Nbaṭ is associated with fertility and life.[4]: 42
In Mandaean scriptures
In chapter 3 of the
Right Ginza Book 14 is named after Nbaṭ and is called the Book of the Great Nbaṭ. The book considers Nbaṭ to be the initial "sprout" that had sprung out during the beginning of the creation of the universe, and also depicts the uthra Yawar as having emerged from Nbaṭ during the creation.[6]
Nbaṭ is also mentioned in Qolasta prayers 22, 25, 374, and 376.[7]
In Hibil Ziwa (Drower 1960: 158).
See also
References
- OCLC 1129155601.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Drower, E. S. (1960). The secret Adam: a study of Nasoraean gnosis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Drower, Ethel S. (1960). The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia). Berlin: Akademie Verlag. p. 137.
- ^ Drower, Ethel S. (1950). Diwan Abatur or Progress through the Purgatories. Studi e Testi. Vol. 151. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
- OCLC 1000148487.
- ISBN 9780958034630.
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ a b Drower, Ethel S. (1960). The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia). Berlin: Akademie Verlag. pp. 113–114.
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