天王堂

天王堂

泫義餘叢考曰:僧寺多有名天王堂者。按談藪記:唐天寶其日,番寇西安,詔不空三藏誦咒禳之,忽見金甲神人,不空云:此毘沙門天王第二子獨健,往救矣。後西安奏捷,亦云西北有天王現形,勝之。朝廷因敕諸道立像。郎瑛謂今佛寺有天王堂始此。又括異志:宋建炎中,敵將屠秀州,天王現於城上,大若數間屋,遂懼而引去,因建天王樓於西北隅。

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