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) (born 1937), 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)