A landowner of Mátuvelanga and a supporter of Kupikkala-Mahátissa Thera. When Vattagámaní, the king, was in hiding, the thera entrusted him to the care of Tanasíva, who, for fourteen years, looked after him, his queen, Anuládeví, and his two sons. Then, as the result of a dispute between Anulá and Tanasíva's wife, Vattagámaní shot him dead. Mhv.xxxiii.52-65.