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Daula
Native nameࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ ( Classical Mandaic)
Calendar Mandaean calendar
Month number1
Number of days30
Seasonsitwa (winter)
Gregorian equivalentJuly / August
Significant days Dehwa Rabba (Daula 1)
Feast of the Great Shishlam (Daula 6)
←  Gadia
Nuna →

Daula ( Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡀࡅࡋࡀ) is the first month of the Mandaean calendar. [1] The month begins with Dehwa Rabba, or New Year's Day. The Feast of the Great Shishlam is celebrated on the sixth day of the month. [2]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Aquarius. [1] It currently corresponds to Jul / Aug in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References

  1. ^ a b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi: 10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN  9789004243361. S2CID  213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN  0-9580346-2-1. OCLC  68208613.