Tanasīva
PersonA landowner and supporter of Kupikkala-Mahātissa Thera who sheltered King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī and his family for fourteen years during the king’s exile, until a dispute between their wives led the king to have him shot dead.
A landowner of Mātuvelanga and a supporter of Kupikkala-Mahātissa Thera. When Vaṭṭagāmaṇī, 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, Vaṭṭagāmaṇī shot him dead. Mhv.xxxiii.52-65.
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