Shumhata

The Shumhata (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡅࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀ, romanized: Šumhata, lit. 'Names') is one of the most commonly recited prayers in Mandaeism.

The rushma is numbered as Prayer 173 in E. S. Drower's version of the Qolasta, which was based on manuscript 53 of the Drower Collection (abbreviated DC 53).

Prayer

Like the Asiet Malkia, the Shumhata is a litany which lists following the names (in Drower's 1959 version).

1. Hayyi Rabbi and Manda d-Hayyi
2. aina (well-spring)
3. sindirka (date palm or sandarac tree)
4. Shishlam Rabba
5. Zlat
6. Yawar
7. Simat Hayyi
8. Yukabar
9. Mana and his counterpart
10. Great Mystery, the mystic Word
11. S'haq Ziwa
12. Sam

See also

• Brakha (daily prayer in Mandaeism)
• Asiet Malkia
• Tabahatan
• Rushma
• Rahma (Mandaeism)
• Qolasta
• Rishama (ablution)
• Tamasha (ablution)

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