Kušta
The Journal for the Study and Research into the
Mandaean Culture, Religion, and Language.

Volume 3                                 Special Issue                                           Online edition

THE DRABŠA

COPYRIGHT 2000

RESEARCH DONE BY AJAE

The Great (Life) rejoiced;
It rejoiced when Yawar looked
Towards the banners of radiance and beams of light.
It rejoiced that we have trodden down darkness
And have brought to nought the rebellious Voice.
(2)

The Chosen Righteous rose to their feet
And grasped thee with their right hands.
They went to the jordan of living water
And set thee up, so that thy radiancy
Might be shed on the jordan.
The water and thy brightness become blended together
(1)

Figure 1

Table of Contents

Description

The Word Drabsa

Evidence of the Drabša in use during and after 70 AD

Evidence of Parthian Contact before 70 AD

The Idea of the Drabša

The Theory