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==Mandaeism==
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[[File:Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg|thumb|Mandaean Mashkhanna (Beth Manda) in Nasiriya, Iraq]]
A ''mashkhanna'' {{lang|myz|ࡌࡀࡔࡊࡍࡀ}} {{transliteration|myz|maškna}} (Hebrew cognate {{lang|he|מִשְׁכַּן}} {{transliteration|he|mishkān}}),<ref>Secunda, Shai, and Steven Fine. {{cite book |last1=Secunda |first1=Shai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdjGEVo0bVEC&pg=PA1 |title=Shoshannat Yaakov. |last2=Fine |first2=Steven |date=3 September 2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-9004235441}} p. 345.</ref> ''Beth Manda'' {{lang|myz|ࡁࡉࡕ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ}}, ''Beit Manda'', or [[Mandi (Mandaeism)|''Mandi'']] ('house of knowledge'),<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref> is a cultic hut and place of worship for followers of [[Mandaeism]]. A ''Mashkhanna'' must be built beside a river in order to perform [[maṣbuta]] ([[Baptism#Mandaean Baptism|baptism]]) and other ceremonies because [[Living Water]] is an essential element in the [[Mandaeans|Mandaean]] faith.<ref name="Buckley 2002"/>