[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.196 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.196 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.196 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.196) Tanasīva.—A landowner of Mātuvelaṅga and a supporter of Kupikkala-Mahātissa Thera. When Vaṭṭagāmaṇi, the king, was in hiding, the thera entrusted him to the care of Tanasīva, who, for fourteen years, looked after him, his queen, Anulādevī, and his two sons. Then, as the result of a dispute between Anulā and Tanasīva's wife, Vaṭṭagāmaṇi shot him dead.¹ - [Previous: v1.c21.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.195) - [Next: v1.c21.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.197) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.196) · Pramāṇa