Bihram
In Mandaeism, Bihram or Bihram Rabba ("Bihram the Great") is an uthra (angel or guardian)[1]: 8 who presides over the masbuta, or baptism ritual.[2] Bihram is mentioned in Mandaean texts such as the Qolasta. Many Mandaean masbuta ritual prayers invoke the name of Bihram.[3]
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Etymology
The name Bihram may have originally been derived from the Persian name Bahram, in reference to one of the Sasanian kings of the third century A.D.[2]
Mandaean name
Bihram is also a Mandaean male baptismal name (as opposed to Mandaean birth names). Notable Mandaeans with the name include Yahya Bihram. In the colophons of Mandaean texts, the name Bihram is also often mentioned for different priests and copyists of various eras.[4]
See also
- Bahram (name)
- Bahrām I, r. 273-276
- Bahrām II, r. 276-293
- Bahrām III, r. 293
- Vahrām
References
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
- Drower, E. S. (1959). Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1999). "Glimpses of A Life: Yahia Bihram, Mandaean priest". History of Religions. 39: 32–49. doi:10.1086/463572.
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