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Section 1: prayers 1-103
The 1st section of Lidzbarski's 1920 book consists of prayers 1-103. These are typically the most commonly recited Mandaean prayers, and directly correspond with prayers 1-103 in E. S. Drower's (1959) Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans (CP).


 * Prelude
 * Masbuta liturgy: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
 * Masiqta liturgy: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
 * ʿNgirta prayers: 73, 74
 * Prayers of praise: 75, 76, 77
 * ʿNiana prayers: 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103

Commonly used sets of prayers
Some sets of prayers that are commonly used in Mandaean rituals:


 * Masbuta prayers for the turban and baptism wreath: 1, 3, 5, 19
 * Incense prayers: 8, 34
 * Prayer set: 9, 35
 * Masiqta prayer set: 32, 33, 34
 * Masiqta prayers for the pihta and mambuha: 59, 60
 * Masiqta prayer set: 71, 72
 * Sealings prayers: 25, 26, 27, 28
 * ʿNiania (masiqta response hymns): 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
 * ʿNiania (masiqta response hymns): 101, 102, 103

Section 2: Oxford Collection
The 2nd section of Lidzbarski's 1920 book consists of the Oxford Collection, a 4-part collection of 132 prayers.


 * Part 1 (rahmia or devotional prayers, corresponding to CP 106-160, 165-169):
 * Prayers for the times of the day (CP 106-118): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
 * Sunday prayers (CP 119-124): 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
 * Monday prayers (CP 125-130): 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
 * Tuesday prayers (CP 131-136): 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
 * Wednesday prayers (CP 137-142): 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
 * Thursday prayers (CP 143-148): 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
 * Friday prayers (CP 149-154): 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
 * Saturday prayers (CP 155-160): 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
 * Prayers of the fruit of ether (CP 165-169): 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
 * Part 2 (marriage prayers):
 * (CP 180-199): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
 * 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
 * Part 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
 * Part 4 (banner prayers, corresponding to CP 330-347 except for prayers 9 and 20):
 * Prayers for unfurling the drabsha: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
 * Prayers for carrying the drabsha: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
 * Prayer for holding the drabsha: 14
 * Prayer before the baptism: 15
 * Prayers after the baptism: 16, 17
 * Prayers for wrapping the drabsha: 18, 19
 * Prayer for loosening the crown (taga): 20

(CP refers to E. S. Drower's (1959) Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.)