Chincha
Chincha
旃遮・旃遮女 (Skt, Pali; Jpn Sensha or Sensha-nyo)
Also known as Chinchamanavika(manavika means girl or daughter). A woman who defamed Shakyamuni. The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom tells the story of Chincha who tied a tub to her belly under her robe and publicly declared that she was pregnant by Shakyamuni. Five hundred Brahmans joined her in condemning him. Shakyamuni remained calm and tranquil, however, and did not change his expression. This served to expose her lie. According to the Sutra of Verses, the god Shakra, assuming the form of a rat, crept under her robe and gnawed through the string that held the tub in place. It dropped to the ground, revealing her fraud. Then the earth split open and Chincha fell into hell alive. The slander of Chincha is counted as one of the nine great ordeals that Shakyamuni underwent.
