[2] This is due to the twelve zodiac constellations being seen as part of the evil spirit Ruha's entourage.
Starting at Aria on the circle but not counting it in, eleven hours gives us Sartana (numerical value 4).
Thus the infant's full Malwasha is Zahrun bar Sharat, which adds up to four, the number of the Zodiacal sign Sartana.
[2]: 81 The colophons of Mandaean texts usually refers to scribes by their malwasha (baptismal) rather than birth names.
[1] For example, Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili is referred to in Mandaean texts by his baptismal name Mhatam Yuhana (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ).
Lay Mandaeans historically did not have actual family names or surnames, but were rather referred to by the names of their mothers in their malwasha using the prefix bar (written as ࡁࡓ br in the Mandaic script) for a male and beth (written as ࡐࡕ pt in the Mandaic script) for a female,[6] such as Mhattam Yohanna bar Simat and Mahnash beth Simat respectively.
Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili's patronymic malwasha is Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya.