The Ṭabahatan (Classical Mandaic: ࡈࡀࡁࡀࡄࡀࡕࡀࡍ, lit. 'Our Ancestors'[1]) is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism, in which the reciter asks for the forgiveness of sins. As a commemoration prayer with a long list of names, the prayer starts with the line ṭab ṭaba l-ṭabia (Classical Mandaic: ࡈࡀࡁ ࡈࡀࡁࡀ ࡋࡈࡀࡁࡉࡀ, lit. 'Good is the Good for the Good'). A different version of this prayer is found in DC 42, Šarḥ ḏ-Ṭabahata ("The Scroll of Ṭabahata" [Parents]), which is used during Parwanaya rituals.[1]

The Ṭabahatan prayer is numbered as Prayer 170 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qolasta, which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53).[2] The Šal Šulta (Prayer 171) directly follows the Ṭabahatan prayer.[3]

Prayer

Drower's (1959) version of the Tabahatan lists the following uthras and ancestors.[2]

"Our forefathers":


  • my father, Yahia-Bihram, son of Hawa-Mamania
  • my mother, Mahnuš, daughter of Simat
  • my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • his wife, Anhar, daughter of Hawa
  • my children, Anhar, daughter of Anhar
  • my brothers (and sisters), Anhar, and Sam, and Mudalal, and Ram
  • Muhatam-Yuhana, and Adam-Yuhana, the sons of Mahnuš


"Mandaeans":

  • Ram, son of Šarat-Simat
  • Zihrun, son of Simat
  • Anhar, daughter of Simat
  • Simat, daughter of Hawa
  • Ram, son of Simat
  • Yasmin, daughter of Yasman
  • our good fathers
  • me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš


"Priests":

  • my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • Adam-Zihrun, son of Mamania
  • Yahia-Anuš, son of Maliha
  • Yahia-Ram-Zihrun, son of Hawa-Simat
  • Yahia-Zihrun, son of Mudalal
  • Sam-Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • our good forefathers
  • me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš


"Ganzibria":

  • my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • Yahia-Yuhana, son of Hawa-Simat
  • Zihrun, son of Simat
  • Sam-Bihram, son of Simat
  • Bihram-Šitil, son of Šarat
  • Zihrun, son of Maliha
  • Adam, son of Šadia-Maliha
  • Yahia-Bayan and Yahia-Bihram, sons of Hawa-Mamania
  • Ram-Yuhana, son of Mamania
  • Bayan-Zangia, son of Anhar-Simat
  • Sam-Saiwia, son of Šarat
  • Bihram, son of Madinat
  • Yahia, son of Anhar-Ziwa
  • Ram-Sindan and Šaria
  • Hawa, daughter of Daia
  • Anhar-Kumraita, daughter of Simat
  • Yahia-Ramuia, son of Ramuia
  • Sam-Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • Adam, son of Bihram (Bihrat?)-Dihgan
  • Adam-Br-Hiia, son of Simat
  • Brik-Yawar, son of Buran
  • Bihram Bisḥaq, son of Hawa
  • Šabur, son of Dukt
  • Mhatam and Šitil, sons of Haiuna
  • Anuš, son of Mihria-Zad
  • Šaiar-Ziwa and Šabur, son (sons?) of Kaizarʿil (them?)
  • Bhira, son of Kujasta
  • Zakia, son of Hawa
  • Ardaban-Malka-Baktiar, son of Simat
  • our good fathers
  • me, Adam-Zihrun, son of Mahnuš


"The ethnarchs":

  • my teacher, Bihram, son of Mudalal
  • Adam-Bul-Faraz, son of Hawa-Mamania
  • Anuš Muʿailia, son of Hawa-Zadia
  • Yahia-Adam, son of Zadia-Anuš, Hawa (?) (them?)
  • Bihdad, son of Šadia
  • Bainia, son of Haiuna
  • Haiuna, daughter of Tihwia
  • Ramuia, son of ʿQaimat
  • Šganda, son of Yasman
  • Zazai-d-Gawazta, son of Hawa

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  2. 1 2 Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  3. ↑ Drower, E. S. (1960). The secret Adam: a study of Nasoraean gnosis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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