Margna References

Margna
	A Mandaean novice or šualia ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ holding a margna in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
Type	staff
Material	wood (typically olive)
Place of origin	southern Iraq and southwestern Iran

The margna ( Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡓࡂࡍࡀ) is a ritual olive wooden staff carried by Mandaean priests. A Mandaean priest always carries his margna during baptismal ( masbuta) rituals.^[1]

According to the Right Ginza, the margna (staff) of Living Water (Mia Hayya) is one of the weapons of Manda d-Hayyi.^[2]

In the Qolasta

During priestly rituals, a klila (myrtle wreath) is placed on the margna.^[1] In the Qolasta, Prayer 79 is a prayer for the klila placed on the margna.^[3]

Prayer 14 in the Qolasta is dedicated to the margna.^[3] The prayer describes the margna as being covered in radiance ( ziwa) and light (nhura).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people (PDF). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
^ Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
^ ^a ^b Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

[Buckley_2002-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people (PDF). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

[Aldihisi_2008-2] Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.

[Drower_1959-3] Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

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A Mandaean novice or šualia ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ holding a margna in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
Type	staff
Material	wood (typically olive)
Place of origin	southern Iraq and southwestern Iran

In the Qolasta

See also

References