Yawar Ziwa
Uthra in Mandaeism
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Etymology
E. S. Drower translates Yawar Ziwa as "Dazzling Radiance", although Mark Lidzbarski translates Yawar as "helper."
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In the Ginza Rabba
Book 14 of the Right Ginza mentions Yawar as one of the first uthras to have been created, along with Yushamin.
Yawar is identified in Right Ginza 15.8 as "the first Gupna."
In other Mandaean texts
In Dmut Kušṭa (MS Asiatic. Misc. C. 12), Yawar Ziwa is the name of one of the heavenly trees.
As an epithet
Yawar Ziwa is also an epithet for several figures in Mandaean scripture, including:
Šum Yawar Ziwa
The Šum Yawar Ziwa (ࡔࡅࡌ ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ) is a sacred gold ring worn by Mandaean priests.