Leelavathi Explained

Leelavathi or Lilavati is a Hindu Indian feminine given name, which means "playful" and "goddess durga".

People

• Leelavathi Govindasamy (1944–2017), Malaysian Politician, Doctor and Humanitarian
• Leelavathi (actress) (1937–2023), a Kannada film actress
• M. Leelavathy (born 1927), Malayalam writer, literary critic, and educationist
• Lilavati of Polonnaruwa, Sinhalese queen in the 13th century

Other uses

• Leelavati Award, an award for outstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics in India
• Līlāvatī, mathematics book written by ancient Indian mathematician Bhāskara II; also the daughter of Bhāskara II
• Lilavati, ancient Kannada novel in Hoysala literature
• Lilavati Hospital, established 1978, at Bandra, Bombay, India
• Lilavati's Daughters, a 2008 collection of biographical essays on women scientists of India
• Miss Leelavathi, a 1965 Indian Kannada language film directed by M. R. Vittal

See also

• Līlāvatīsāra, a 13th-century poem composed by Jinaratna
• Sathi Leelavathi (disambiguation)