Background information
from Drower
Various sections
of the Canonical Prayerbook
Copyists
BOOK OF SOULS Prayers 1-31
MASIQTA Prayers 32-72
The Letter ('ngirta) Prayer 73
COLOPHON #74
HYMNS OF PRAISE Prayers 75-77
The Responses ('niania) Prayers 78-103
The Rusma (Daily Ablution Prayers)--Prayer 104
ASIET MALKIA Prayer 105
Rahmia (Daily Devotional Prayers)--Prayers 106-168
Colophon 169
Tab Taba Ltabia (the full Commemoration prayer forthe dead and living--Prayer 170
Hymns of Praise--Prayers 171-172
Sumhata (The Names)--Prayers 173-176
Little New Year's Feast Prayer--Prayer 177
Prayers for honoring the crown--Prayer 178
Hymns of marriage and a new priest (including the series Kt Azil Bhira Dakia-- Prayer 179-198
Colophon 199
Prayers 200-283
Colophon 284
Prayers 285-304
Coronation Prayers and hymns (including two for myrtle)-- Prayers 305-328
Colophon 329
BANNER HYMNS Prayers 330- 347
Blessed Oblation Prayers and Hymns--Prayers 348- 374
Blessings on the chief celebrant after Blessed Oblation-- Prayers 375-381
Myrtle prayers and hymns--Prayers 382-385
Various prayers 386-409
Prayer of Yahia--Prayer 410
Odd hymns--411- 412
OF THE MANDAEANS
Prayers 107 - 108
Prayer 109
Prayers 110 - 112
Prayers 113 - 116
Prayer 117
Prayer 118
Prayers 119 - 124
Prayers 125 - 130
Prayers 131 - 136
Prayers 137 - 142
Prayers 143 - 148
Prayers 149 - 154
Prayers 155 - 160
Prayers 161 - 162
Prayers 163 - 164
Prayers 165 - 168
118
It is time to pray the "Devotions"
The great moment for humble worship
For offering up propitiatory prayer
To my lord, Manda-d-Hiia,
For arousing the elect righteous.
The priests say to Manda-d-Hiia:
"We will abjure that which we possess
Of fee, alms and benefit
And the (false) deity of the House
We will come and will be believers."
Manda-d-hiia saith to them, to the priests:
"Your Father hath great strength,
Surpassing all limit, (stronger)
Than passionate thoughts, vain things
And the devouring flame.
The Good One clotheth His children
He covereth them and raiseth and showeth them
That there is great enlargement of Life
And your souls shall rejoice
With clouds (spouses?) of light.
But other souls will die and become
As though they had never existed.
Ye shall receive your vestments
Ye shall receive your wreaths.
In the presence of the Great (Life?)
Ye will be great, and will be called
'Uthras amongst the 'uthras.
And ye will say "The Living stand
In the dwelling of the Life"
And Life is victorious over all works.
