Shumhata

The Shumhata 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