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Saraswatakam is a chitrakāvya written by Srijiva Nyāyātirtha. The genre of Chitrakāvya is a unique example of the marriage of literature and picture. In this work, the letters are written and the consequent verses are composed in such a manner, that a specific picture arises in the mind of the reader. The author composed the verses expressing different emotions and gave corresponding drawings containing the alphabet that the verses contain.