This manuscript page contains the title "Lilavati" (The Playful One), a feminine name or title, with accession number 57699. Lilavati is a well-known Sanskrit text, traditionally associated with mathematics or poetic works. The page serves as an identification or title page for this named manuscript.

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Līlāvatī (2)

This manuscript fragment presents a section of Bhāskara II's *Līlāvatī*, a foundational Sanskrit treatise on mathematics composed in 1150 CE. The text specifically addresses operations with fractions (*bhāgajāti* and *prabhāgajāti*), demonstrating rules for reduction to common denominators, addition, and subtraction through worked examples (*uddeśaka*) involving unit fractions and compound fractions. Notable features include the use of symbolic notation with vertical stacking of numerators and denominators, marginal annotations indicating section numbers, and a scribal error in one fraction (2/3 for 1/3) that was nevertheless carried through the calculation. The passage exemplifies the sophisticated algorithmic approach to arithmetic in medieval Indian mathematics, framed within the characteristic metrical verse (*śloka*) format interspersed with prose commentary.