Silmia

5th month of the Mandaean calendar

Silmia
Native name	ࡑࡉࡋࡌࡉࡀ (Classical Mandaic)
Calendar	Mandaean calendar
Month number	5
Number of days	30
Season	abhar (spring)
Gregorian equivalent	November / December
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Ṣilmia (Classical Mandaic: ࡑࡉࡋࡌࡉࡀ), alternatively known as Siwan (Classical Mandaic: ࡎࡉࡅࡀࡍ),^[1] is the fifth month of the Mandaean calendar.^[2]^[3]

Silmia, which literally means 'sculptures',^[4]^: 210 is the Mandaic name for the constellation Gemini.^[2] It currently corresponds to November / December 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.

Mandaeism

People

Mandaeans
Mandaean Americans
Mandaean Australians
Mandaeans in Sweden
Sabians
Nasoraeans

Historical identities

Essenes
Gnostics
Kentaeans

Priesthood

Titles	Rishama Ganzibra Tarmida (Shganda)
Individuals	(List of Mandaean priests) Shlama beth Qidra Zazai of Gawazta Anush bar Danqa Yahya Bihram Ram Zihrun Bibia Mudalal Abdullah Khaffagi Negm bar Zahroon Abdullah bar Negm Abdullah bar Sam Dakhil Aidan Jabbar Choheili Salah Choheili Najah Choheili Taleb Doraji Khaldoon Majid Abdullah Sahi Bashikh Sattar Jabbar Hilow Yuhana Nashmi Brikha Nasoraia Rafid al-Sabti Salwan Alkhamas
Institutions	Mandaean Council of Ahvaz Sabian Mandaean Association in Australia

Literature

Main texts

Ginza Rabba
- Right Ginza
- Left Ginza
Mandaean Book of John

Prayers

Qulasta (list)	Sidra d-Nishmata Eniana Rushuma Asut Malkia Rahma Tabahatan Shumhata

Priestly texts

Historical texts

Haran Gawaita

Apotropaic texts

Cosmology

Tibil
Yardna

World of Light

Uthras

Concepts	Anana Gufna Ziwa

Intermediary realms

World of Darkness

Demons	Ruha Ur Krun Gaf Qin Anathan Shdum Giu Hag and Mag Zartai-Zartanai Zahreil
Planets	Shamish (Sun) Libat (Venus) Nbu (Mercury) Sin (Moon) Kiwan (Saturn) Bil (Jupiter) Nirig (Mars)

Important figures

Adam
Seth
Abel
Enosh
Noah
Shem
Miriai
Elizabeth
John the Baptist

Legendary figures

Concepts

Kushta (truth)
Manda (gnosis)
Laufa (communion)
Dmuta (image)
Nishimta (soul)
Ruha (spirit)
Mana (mind)
Adam Kasia (hidden Adam)
Adam Pagria (bodily Adam)

Objects and symbols

Drabsha (banner)
Misha (oil)
Riha (incense)
Skandola (talisman seal)

Ritual food and drink

Drinks	Mambuha Halalta Hamra
Foods	Pihta Fatira Sa
Meals	Dukrana Lofani Zidqa brikha

Clothing

Rasta (robe)
Burzinqa (turban)
Pandama (mouth-veil)
Himiana (girdle)
Margna (staff)
Klila (wreath)
Taga (crown)

Rituals and practices

Masbuta (baptism)
Tamasha (triple ablution)
Rishama (minor ablution)
Masiqta (death mass)
Qabin (wedding)
Brakha (prayer)
Bshuma (name of God)
Sauma (fasting)
Zidqa (almsgiving)
Naming

Buildings and structures

Calendar

Feasts	Dehwa Rabba Feast of the Great Shishlam Dehwa Hanina Abu al-Haris Parwanaya Dehwa Daimana
Months	Daula Nuna ʿmbra Taura Ṣilmia Sarṭana Aria Šumbulta Qaina Arqba Hiṭia Gadia
Epochs	Adam and Eve Ram and Rud Shurbai and Sharhabeil Noah and Nuraita