豫剧《梵王宫》中的“梵王宫”考

Brahman Palace in Brahman Palace of Henan Opera

豫剧《梵王宫》又名《洛阳桥》,故事的主要发生地是梵王宫。梵王宫原型就是今天竺寺遗址内供奉那罗延神王的梵王殿。天竺寺是唐代宗宝应元年由西来的五百梵僧建立的密宗寺庙,唐宋时期几度兴废,那罗延神王信仰却一直很兴盛。元代天竺寺属于曹洞宗,元以后民间称之为梵王宫。

Brahman Palace of Henan Opera,also named Luoyang Bridge,Brahman Palace is the main place where the story takes place.Its prototype is the Brahman Palace in Tianzhu Temple,which is dedicated to the King of Narayana.Tianzhu Temple was built to be an Esoteric Buddhism Temple by 500 monks from India in the first year of BaoYing in Tang Dynasty.It was abolished and reconstructed repeatedly in Tang and Song Dynasty,and the belief of Narayana King was always flourishing.The Temple of Tianzhu in Yuan Dynasty belongs to Cao Dong Sect.It is called Brahman Palace among the people after Yuan Dynasty.