| Book of the Zodiac Sfar Malwašia | |
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The Book of the Zodiac (Classical Mandaic: ࡎࡐࡀࡓ ࡌࡀࡋࡅࡀࡔࡉࡀ, romanized: Sfar Malwašia; Modern Mandaic: Asfar Malwāši[1]) is a Mandaean text. It covers Mandaean astrology in great detail.[2] The book is used to obtain a Mandaean's baptismal name (malwasha).[3] It is also an important source on Mandaean numerology.[4]
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