Masbuta

Artwork at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia depicting the masbuta

Maṣbuta (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡅࡕࡀ; pronounced maṣwottā in Neo-Mandaic[1]: 16 ) is the ritual of immersion in water in the Mandaean religion.[2][3]

  1. ^ 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. doi:10.3828/9781800856271 (inactive 21 February 2024). ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of February 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  3. ^ Segelberg, Eric (1958). Maṣbuta: Studies in the Ritual of Mandaean Baptism. Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell.

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