Library · Ganita
Līlāvatī
लीलावती
- Author
- Bhaskara II
- Period
- 1150 CE
- Tradition
- Ganita
Summary
The arithmetic section of the Siddhanta Shiromani, which circulated as a textbook in its own right for centuries. It covers operations, fractions, rules involving zero, series, plane geometry, mensuration and combinatorics, often posed as problems addressed to a girl named Lilavati. It was translated into Persian at the Mughal court.
Structure
About 270 verses (counts vary by edition), arranged by topic.
Where to read
English translation by H. T. Colebrooke (1817) and modern annotated editions; K. S. Patwardhan, S. A. Naimpally and S. L. Singh published a translation with notes (2001).
