摘要
那伽是印度神话中人首蛇躯的半神灵体,居住在位于海底的沃焦石山,知晓许多神奇的法术。后来被佛教吸收为八部众之一,护持佛法。从图像上来看,龙神以“龙蛇”形象最早出现在犍陀罗地区。随着佛教东渐,龙神神话的叙事与图像藉着宗教的中介,以不同的时代、不同的地域而呈现不同的风貌。龟兹地区“灌浴太子”的龙神或为二龙或为数龙;敦煌地区“灌浴太子”突出九龙形象;青藏地区以“龙舞”的方式祭祀和崇拜龙神。因此,龙神神话的流变不仅表明中国和南亚山水相连,其直接交流的历史异常悠久,内容丰富,而且对丝绸之路文化的发展产生了至深且巨的影响。
Nāga, a semi-god with a man s head and a snake s body in Indian mythology, lived in the mountain of Patala at the bottom of the sea, knowing many magic tricks. Later he became one of Buddha s eight guarding gods to protect Buddhism. The existing pictures show that in the early period Dragon-God appeared in the area of Gandh in the image of a dragon-like snake. With the introduction of Buddhism to the East, the narratives and pictures of the Dragon-God myth had various images in different periods and places with the popularization of religions. In the area of Kucina the image of “washing newly born Sakyamuni with scented water” has two or more dragons;in the area of Dunhuang there are nine dragons “washing newly born Sakyamuni with scented water”;in the Qinghai-Tibet area, Dragon Dance is performed to worship Dragon God. Thus, the changes in the Dragon God myth not only indicate the connection and communication between China and South Asia with rich implications, but also exert a tremendous influence on the cultural development of the Silk Road.
作者
赵艳
ZHAO Yan(School of Literature and Journalism, Qinghai Nationalities University, Xining 810007,China)
出处
《云南民族大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2019年第4期40-48,共9页
Journal of Yunnan Minzu University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)
基金
青海民族大学高层次人才(博士)项目“印度佛教神话故事流变研究”(2019XJG01)阶段成果
关键词
那伽
龙蛇
九龙
龙舞
流变
Nāga
dragon-like snake
nine dragons
Dragon Dance
change
