Pišra d-Ainia

Šafta ḏ-Pišra ḏ-Ainia (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡐࡕࡀ ࡖࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ, "Exorcism of the Evil Eyes") is a Mandaean text used to protect against the evil eye.^[1][2]

Pišra ḏ-Ainia ࡐࡉࡔࡓࡀ ࡖࡀࡉࡍࡉࡀ
Information
Religion	Mandaeism
Language	Mandaic language

Manuscripts

There are at least 4 or 5 extant manuscripts of Pišra ḏ-Ainia.

• Drower Collection (DC) manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library
  • DC 21 was copied by Sheikh Faraj (Adam br Iahia br Adam Zihrun) for E. S. Drower in December 1935 and contains 803 lines. It was published by Drower in JRAS No. 4 (Oct. 1937).^[3] Erica Hunter published an analysis in 2013.^[4]
  • DC 29 was purchased by Drower from Shaikhs Nejm and Yahia in November 1937. (Full transliterated text from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon)
• Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC) manuscripts held in Nijmegen, Netherlands^[5]
  • RRC 1E^[6]
  • RRC 3K was copied at Shushtar in 1080 A.H. (1669-70 A.D.). It is the oldest surviving Mandaic magical manuscript currently known to international scholars.^[6]
• MS Berlin