InMandaeism, a gufnaorgupna (Classical Mandaic: ࡂࡅࡐࡍࡀ, lit. '(grape)vine') is an uthra that is described as a personified grapevine in the World of Light.
In various Mandaean texts, several heavenly beings are described as personified grapevines (gupna) in the World of Light. For example, Right Ginza 15.8 lists the following gupnas in order:
Yusmir, Šar, and Pirun are also mentioned in the first chapter of the Mandaean Book of John.[3][4]
Right Ginza 17.1 mentions Šarat (literal meaning: 'she was firm') as a gupna. Šarat-Niṭupta is mentioned in Mandaean Book of John 68, and Šahrat is mentioned in Qolasta prayer 188.
In Mandaeism, vines are used to symbolize believers, or 'those of the true faith'.[5]