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Aria (month)

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Aria
Native nameࡀࡓࡉࡀ (Classical Mandaic)
CalendarMandaean calendar
Month number7
Number of days30
Seasongiṭa (summer)
Gregorian equivalentJanuary / February

Aria (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡓࡉࡀ), alternatively known as Ab (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡁ),[1] is the seventh month of the Mandaean calendar.[2][3]

It is the Mandaic name for the constellation Leo.[2] It currently corresponds to January / February in the Gregorian calendar due to a lack of a leap year in the Mandaean calendar.

References

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  1. ^ Häberl, Charles (2022). The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
  2. ^ a b Bhayro, Siam (2020-02-10). "Cosmology in Mandaean Texts". Hellenistic Astronomy. Brill. pp. 572–579. doi:10.1163/9789004400566_046. ISBN 9789004243361. S2CID 213438712. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2005). The Mandaeans and the Jews. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 0-9580346-2-1. OCLC 68208613.