Qaina

Qaina
Qaina
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) is the ninth month of the Mandaean calendar.^[1] Mandaeans practice light fasting on the first day of Qaina.^[2]

Qaina, which literally means 'reed',^[3]^: 210 is the Mandaic name for the constellation Libra.^[1] It currently corresponds to March / April in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References

^ ^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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[Bhayro_2020-1] 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_2005-2] Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.

[GR_Gelbert-3] Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.

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