The Mandaic word mana (ࡌࡀࡍࡀ) is a term that is roughly equivalent to the philosophical concept of nous.
It has been variously translated as "mind", "soul", "treasure",[1] "Garment", "Intellect",[2] "Intelligence", "Heart", "Spirit", "Being"; or alternatively as "nous",[3] "consciousness", or "vessel".
[5] E. S. Drower (1960) translates the literal Aramaic meaning of mana as 'a garment, robe, vehicle, vessel, instrument'.
And he brought it (back) and cast it into Adam and his wife Hawa.According to E. S. Drower, the name Great Mind or Great Mana refers to the "over-soul" or "over-mind", the earliest manifestation of Hayyi ("Life"), from which the soul of a human might be seen as a spark or temporarily detached part.
[11] In book three of the Right Ginza, Hayyi is said to have "formed Himself in the likeness of the Great Mana, from which He emerged".