Klila

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Klila being held during a Parwanaya festival on the banks of the Tigris River in Maysan Governorate, Iraq on 17 March 2019 Mandaeans celebrating the Creation Day (Brunaya), Maysan, Iraq - Mar 17, 2019 10.jpg
Klila being held during a Parwanaya festival on the banks of the Tigris River in Maysan Governorate, Iraq on 17 March 2019

In Mandaeism, the klila (Classical Mandaic : ࡊࡋࡉࡋࡀ) is a small myrtle (Classical Mandaic : ࡀࡎࡀ, romanized: asa) wreath or ring (translated as "circlet" by E. S. Drower [1] ) used during Mandaean religious rituals. The klila is a female symbol that complements the taga , a white crown which always takes on masculine symbolism. [2] [3]

Contents

The klila is used to adorn the drabsha, a wooden cross covered with a white cloth that is the main symbol of Mandaeism. [2]

Description

The klila that is used for wearing on the right little finger is made by splitting a young myrtle twig with leaves in half, and then intertwining the two split halves to make a ring that can fit around the finger.

Use in rituals

The klila is used during most Mandaean rituals, including masbuta, masiqta, and priest initiation rituals. [2]

In the Qulasta

Several prayers in the Qulasta are recited when consecrating and putting on the klila, including prayers 19, 46, 47, 61, and 79. [1]

In E. S. Drower's version of the Qulasta , prayers 305-329 are recited for the klila, as well as for the taga. [1]

Hazazban (or Haza-Zban) is mentioned in Qulasta prayers 19 and 27 as an uthra who sets wreaths (klila) upon the heads of Mandaeans who are performing masbuta. [1]

Syriac parallels

In the Syriac Peshitta, the word klila (Classical Syriac : ܟܠܝܠܐ, lit.  'wreath') is used to refer to Jesus' crown of thorns in the Gospels. In contrast, tga (Classical Syriac : ܬܓܐ, lit.  ' diadem '), cognate with Mandaic taga , is used to refer to heavenly crowns in the Book of Revelation. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  2. 1 2 3 Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-515385-5. OCLC   65198443.
  3. ↑ Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
  4. ↑ "Dukhrana Analytical Lexicon of the Syriac New Testament". Dukhrana Biblical Research. 2021-02-13. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
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