Adam Kasia
Hidden Adam in Mandaeism
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Adam Kasia (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ, Modern Mandaic pronunciation: [ˈɑdam ˈkæsjæ]; also referred to using the portmanteau Adakas ࡀࡃࡀࡊࡀࡎ or Adakas Ziwa in the Ginza Rabba[1]) means "the hidden Adam" in Mandaic.[2] The hidden Adam is also called Adam Qadmaiia (ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡒࡀࡃࡌࡀࡉࡉࡀ, "The First Adam").[2] In Mandaeism, it means the soul of the first man.[3] He is also identified as Shishlam, the primordial priest.[4]
Among the Mandaeans, Adam Kasia means the soul of every human.[2][5][6] Adam Kasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon.[7]
Other names
Prayers in the Qulasta, such as the Asut Malkia, also refer to Adam as "Adam the First Man" (Adam Gabra Qadmaiia).[8] The Thousand and Twelve Questions, a Mandaean priestly text, also refers to Adam Kasia as Adam-S'haq[9] ('Adam-was-bright'), Adam-S'haq-Ziwa,[3] or Adam-S'haq-Rba, who is described as the father of Shishlam, the archetype of the prototypical Mandaean.[10]
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See also
- Adam and Eve
- Adam Kadmon in Judaism
- Adam Pagria (earthly Adam)
- Al-Insān al-Kāmil in Islam
- Cosmic Man
- Purusha in Hinduism
- Shishlam