A branch of the Sákiyas. When Vidúdabha waged war on the Sakiyas, he gave orders that all those calling themselves by the name of Sakiya should be slain. His men went about asking for those who were called Sakiyas. Some of these therefore took blades of grass in their teeth and others reeds. When asked if they were Sakiyas, the former said "not sáka " (potherb) but "grass," (tina), and the latter "not sáka " (potherb) but "reed" (nala). Owing to this play on their name they escaped death. Thenceforth they were known respectively as Tinasákiya and Nalasákiya (DhA.i.358f).