A landowner of Mātuvelanga und a supporter of Kupikkala-Mahātissa Thera. When Vattagāmanī, the König, was in hiding, the thera entrusted him to the care of Tanasīva, who, for fourteen years, looked after him, his queen, Anulādevī, und his two sons. Then, as the result of a dispute between Anulā und Tanasīva's wife, Vattagāmanī shot him dead. Mhv.xxxiii.52-65.