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Ma-Haw-Tha-Dha is the one of the previous lives of Gautama Buddha before he achieved enlightenment. Each of Gautama Buddha previous lives has a special gift that is the characteristic of the Buddha to be and they all are male. Ma-Haw-Tha-Dha special gift is wisdom. One of his judgment is similar to that of King Solomon. It is about the dispute of the child between a mother and an ogre who has taken a woman form claiming to be the mother. Ma-Haw-Tha-Dha draws a line on the ground, let the mother and the ogre hold the child's feet and hand and make them pull the child to each side. He said that whoever get the child on her side is the mother. The mother and the ogre pull the child and the child cries in pain. Thus, the mother can't bear the painful cries of her child and let the child goes. Then Ma-Haw-Tha-Dha decides that she is the mother and reveals the true identity of the ogre and its intent which is to eat the child.
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