Qaina
9th month of the Mandaean calendar
Qaina | |
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Native name | ࡒࡀࡉࡍࡀ (Classical Mandaic) |
Calendar | Mandaean calendar |
Month number | 9 |
Number of days | 30 |
Season | giṭa (summer) |
Gregorian equivalent | March / April |
← Shumbulta Arqba → |
Qaina (Classical Mandaic: ࡒࡀࡉࡍࡀ), alternatively known as Tišrin (Classical Mandaic: ࡕࡉࡔࡓࡉࡍ),[1] is the ninth month of the Mandaean calendar.[2] Mandaeans practice light fasting on the first day of Qaina.[3]
Qaina, which literally means 'reed',[4]: 210 is the Mandaic name for the constellation Libra.[2] It currently corresponds to March / April in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.
References
- ^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
- ^ a b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
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