象の足跡の譬えを用いて早計な結論の危うさを示す経で、仏がジャーヌッソーニ・バラモンに、仏を真に見分けるしるしとしての完全な実践の道とその果報を教え、スリランカでマヒンダが最初に説いた経でもある。

A discourse using the simile of an elephant’s footprint to illustrate the danger of premature conclusions, in which the Buddha teaches the brahmin Jāṇussoni the full path of practice and its fruits as the true marks by which a Buddha may be recognised, and which was the first sutta taught by Mahinda in Sri Lanka.