Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.t13.10

c4.s3.t13.10

¹ It is said that *Līlāvatī* was the name of Bhāskara II's daughter. Bhāskara II came to know by the power of his astrological knowledge that she should never be wed. The father, however, ascertained a lucky hour for contracting her in marriage. He placed a cup with a small hole at the bottom on a vessel of water. It was so arranged that the cup would sink at the end of an hour. When everything was ready and the cup was placed on the vessel of water, Līlāvatī suddenly out of her childish curiosity came near to the cup to observe the water coming into the cup when, by chance, a pearl being separated from her bridal dress, fell into the cup and chanced to stop the influx. The lucky hour passed without the sinking of the cup. Bhāskara II, out of great dejection wrote a book and named it *Līlāvatī* after her name.