Mani's Šābuhragān

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Notes

4. ‘The speakers are the false prophets who will appear at this time’ (Boyce, Reader, z 1, note).
5. pyysgr (executor of precepts): Ghilain translates this as ‘mandataire’, or one carrying out instructions.
9. dynwr (religious, devout): Literally ‘bearer of the religion’. Here it refers to a member of the Manichaean community.
17. The identity of the god Xradešahr remains uncertain in relation to the mission of bringing enlightenment to Adam.
A v / B r. This heading, previously restored by Müller as ‘[The Coming] of the Son of Man’, was incorrectly combined in other editions with a non-existent title regarding judgment.
32 and 205. m’nbyd wysbyd zndbyd ’wd dhybyd p’hrgbyd: These are the five sons of the Living Spirit, identified by A. V. W. Jackson as Atlas, Adamas of Light, King of Glory, King of Honour, and Keeper of Splendour.