譬佛也。佛三十二相中手足為縵網相。以手指足指之中間有縵網交合似鵝鳥之足也。涅槃經二十八曰:「若菩薩摩訶薩,修四攝法,攝取眾生,以是業緣,得網縵指,如白鵝王。」金光明經二曰:「足指網縵猶如鵝王。」又佛之行步如鵝鳥,故云。求那跋陀羅譯之央堀摩羅經一曰:「住住大沙門,儀雅鵝王趍。」同卷曰:「爾時世尊,猶如鵝王,庠行七步。」Haṁsarāja。
rāja-haṃsa, the king-goose, leader of the flight, i.e. Buddha, one of whose thirty-two marks is webbed hands and feet; also the walk of a buddha is dignified like that of the goose.
一鵝王 梵語 haṃsa-raja。喻指佛陀。於諸經論所說佛所具三十二相之中,其第五相為手足指縵網相(梵 jālāvanaddha-hasta-pāda),一如鵝王(一說雁王)之蹼,故經中每以鵝王喻指佛陀。其手指足趾間之縵網呈金黃色,紋樣如綾羅;乃佛於因位之時,常修四攝法,攝取眾生,故感得此相。或謂佛之行步猶如鵝,故以鵝王稱之。央堀摩羅經卷一(大五一‧五一三下):「爾時,世尊猶如鵝王,庠行七步。」〔菩薩善戒經卷九、大般若波羅蜜多經卷三八一、大智度論卷二十九〕p8319