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  Jinjamanavika (Jinja)

 

Thailand

Jinjamanavika was a woman who falsely accused the Buddha of making her pregnant and, after faking her pregnancy by tying a stick to her stomach, publicly slandered him, but was ultimately swallowed by the earth as punishment for her deceit.