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Education
Sarasvati got her basic graduation degree in Sanskrit and in Physics & Mathematics from the University of Madras. She later got an M.A degree from the Banaras Hindu University, in the first division with second rank. She also got another degree in English Literature from Bihar University with second class and second rank.

Sarasvati worked as a research scholar in the Department of Sanskrit at the Madras University for three years between 1957 and 1960. She carried out her research under the supervision of late V. Raghavan, one of the topmost Indologists of the 20th century. Raghavan, “decided that she should specialise in the field of Indian contribution to mathematics, algebra and geometry” as “she was qualified in Mathematics”. Her first research paper was "Sredhi-kshetras" / "Diagrammatic Representation of mathematical series" was published in Journal of Oriental Research. Though she worked under the guidance of Raghavan, her thesis was processed by Ranchi University (in 1963) and her final viva was held in Madras at 1964.

She also wrote many papers in academic journals which include, Journal of Oriental Research, Journal of Ganganath Jha Research Institute, Journal of Ranchi Institute and Indian Journal of History of Science, and she also presented a paper on The cyclic quadrilateral in Indian Mathematics at the Proceedings of the All-India Oriental Conference. She presented her paper on "Sanskrit and Mathematics" in the first International Sanskrit Conference held in March,1972.