Yukashar

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Yukashar
Other namesYukašar
AbodeWorld of Light

Yukashar (also Yukašar or Yukhashr;

Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡅࡊࡀࡔࡀࡓ, lit.'source of Radiance' is an uthra (angel or guardian) in the World of Light.[1]

In Mandaean scriptures

Yukashar is mentioned in Qolasta prayers 53, 54, 55, 64, 77, and 343,[2] and in Right Ginza 4 as Yukašar-Kana (kana means 'place' or 'source').[1]

In the Mandaean Book of John, he is portrayed as the son of Ptahil.[3]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
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