entity_sources: ENT_MAN_MANDA_D_HAYYI, SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN, direct attestation

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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entity_id	source_id	evidence_type	source_note
ENT_MAN_MANDA_D_HAYYI	SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN	direct attestation	Manda d-Hayyi (Knowledge of Life) features centrally in the Book of John as the revealer who descends to the earthly world and interacts with John the Baptist; the "knowledge of life" as a redeemer figure who brings gnosis from the Light World