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List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

The Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers in 24 Indian languages. The award was instituted and first awarded in 1955. As of 2022, the award carries a monetary reward of ₹1 lakh (US$1,000), a shawl and a copper-plaque.[1] The award for Sanskrit was first given in 1956. The first five awards went to works in other languages, dealing with Sanskrit culture. Since 1967, the award has been given only to works in Sanskrit. The list of Sanskrit language writers who have won the award is given below.[2][3]

Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit
Award for contributions to Sanskrit literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward₹1 lakh (US$1,000)
First award1956
Final award2024
Highlights
Total awarded56
First winnerP. V. Kane
Most Recent winnerDipak Kumar Sharma
WebsiteOfficial website
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Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

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YearPortraitAuthorBookCategory
1956[4]
P. V. KaneHistory of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IVResearch
1961[4]—Giridhar Sharma ChaturvediVaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛtiResearch
1963[4]
B. N. Krishnamurti SharmaHistory of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its LiteratureResearch
1964[4]
Gopinath KavirajTāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭiTreatise
1966[4]—V. RaghavanBhoja's Sringara PrakasaAesthetics
1967[4]—Ramaroop PathakCitrakāvya-kautukamPoetry
1968[4]
Satyavrat ShastriśrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritamPoetry
1970[4]—V. Subramanya SastriśabdataraṅgiṇīTreatise on verbal cognition
1973[4]
 M. S. AneyśrītilakayaśonarṇavaEpic
1974[4]—Dr. S.B. WarnekarśrīśivarājyodayamEpic poem
1977[4]—Shanti Bhikshu ShastribuddhavijayakāvyamPoetry
1979[4]
K.N. EzhuthachankeralodayaḥEpic
1980[4]—P. C. DevassiaKristubhagavatamEpic
1981[4]—Jagannath PathakkāpiśāyanīPoetry
1982[4]
P. K. Narayana PillaiviśvabhānuEpic
1983[4]
Pandharinathacharya Galagaliśrī śaṃbhuliṃgavijaya caṃpūBiography
1984[4]—Shrinath S. Hasurkarsiṃdhu kanyāḥHistorical novel
1985[4]—Vasant Trimbak Shevdevindhyavāsinivijayamahākāvyam:Epic
1986[4]—Kalika Prasad ShuklaśrīrādhācaritamahākāvyamEpic
1987[4]—Biswanarayan ShastriavināśiNovel
1988[4]—Abhiraj Rajendra MishraikṣugaṃdhāShort stories
1989[4]—Ram Karan SharmasaṃdhyāPoetry
1990[4]—Ogeti Parikshit Sharmaśrīmatpratāparāṇāyanaṃ mahākāvyamPoetry
1991[4]
 Rewa Prasad DwivedisvātaṃtryasaṃbhavamPoetry
1992[4]—Hari Narayan DikshitbhīṣmacaritamEpic
1993[4]—Jaggu Alwar IyengarjayantīkagadyakāvyaProse Romance
1994[4]—Radhavallabh TripathisaṃdhānamPoetry
1995[4]—Rasik Vihari JoshiśrīrādhāpaṃcaśatīPoetry
1996[4]—Keshab Chandra DashIshaPoetry
1997[4]—Shyam Dev ParasharTriveniPoetry
1998[4]—Bachchoolal AwasthiPrataniniPoetry
1999[4]—Srinivas RathTadeva Gaganam SaivadharaPoetry
2000[4]—S. Srinivasa SarmaJagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati VijayamPoetry
2001[4]
 Pullella SriramachandruduKo Vai RasahEssays
2002[4]—Kashinath MishraHarsacarita-ManjariPoetry
2003[4]—Bhaskaracharya TripathiNirjhariniPoetry
2004[4]
Devarshi Kalanath ShastryAkhyana VallariFiction
2005[4]
 Swami RambhadracharyaSribhargavaraghaviyamEpic
2006[4]
 Harshadev MadhavTava Sparshe SparshePoetry
2007[4]—Hari Dutt SharmaLasallatikaPoetry
2008—Om Prakash Pandey[5]Rasapriya-VibhavanamPoetry
2009—Prashasya Mitra Shastri[6]AnabheepsitamShort stories
2010
 Mithila Prasad Tripathi[7][8][9]BharqviyamPoetry
2011—Harekrishna Satapathy[10][11]BharatayanamPoetry
2012
Ramji Thakur[12]LaghupadyahprabandhatrayiPoetry
2013—Radhakant Thakur[13]ChaladuravaniPoetry
2015—Ram Shankar AwasthiVanadeviEpic
2016—Sitanath Acharya[14]KavyanirjhariPoetry
2017—Niranjan Mishra[15][16]GangaputravadanamPoetry
2018
Rama Kant Shukla[17]Mama JananiPoetry
2019[4]
Madhusudan PennaPrajnachakshushamPoetry
2020[4]
 Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam[18]VaishaliNovel
2021[4]—Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'[19]Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, KavitaPoetry
2022[4]—Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’[1]DeepmanikyamPoetry
2023[4]—Arun Ranjan MishraShunye MeghaganamPoetry
2024—Dipak Kumar Sharma[20]BhaskaracaritamPoetry
2025
Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas [21][22] Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah Poetry

(No Awards in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978 and 2014.[4])

Bal Sahitya Puraskar

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The Sahitya Akademi also awards a "Bal Sahitya Puraskar", for children's literature. Winners of this award for Sanskrit include:

Year Author Work Notes
2010Padma SastrySanskrit-Katha-Satakam (in 2 Vols.)Short Stories[23]
2011Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra[24]Kaumarm (poetry)[23]
2012Om Prakash Thakur [25]Isap-Katha NikunjamCollection of short stories[26][23]
2013H. R. Vishvasa[27]Marjalasya Mukham DrishtamBook of plays[27][23]
2014No award[23]
2015Janardan HegdeBalakathasaptatihStories[23]
2016Rishiraj JaniChamtkarikah ChaladurabhashahShort story[23][28]
2017RajKumar MishraDayate KathamakashePoetry[29][23]
2018Sampadananda MishraShanaih ShanaihPoetry[30][23]
2019Sanjay ChaubeyChitva Trinam TrinamPoetry[31][32][23]
2020Aravind Kumar TiwariBalagunjanamPoetry[23]
2021Asha AgrawalChitva Trinam TrinamShort story[23]
2022Kuldeep SharmaSachitram Prahelikasatkam (Abhinavsanskritprahelikah)Poetry[23]
2023Radhavallabh TripathiManaviNovel[23]
2024Harshadev MadhavBubhukshitah KakahShort story[23]

Yuva Puraskar

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Books published by an author of the age of 35 and below.

Year Author Work Notes
2017Hemchandra BelwalParivartankavyamPoetry[33][34]
2018Muni Rajsundar VijayChitrakavyadarshanamPoetry[35][34]
2019Yuvraj BhattaraiVagvilasiniPoetry[32][34]
2020Rishiraj PathakAadhyonmeshahPoetry[34]
2021Swetapadma SatapathyKathakalpalataShort story[34]
2022Shruti KanitkarShreemati CharitramPoetry[34]
2023Madhusudan MishraSudarshanvijayamProse[34]
2024TBDTBD[34]

Bhasha Samman

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The Sahitya Akademi introduced the Bhasha Samman in 1996 to honor writers, scholars, and translators who have significantly contributed to unrecognized languages in India. It also acknowledges work in classical and medieval literature. Recipients receive a plaque and a monetary prize of ₹1,00,000.[36]

Year Author Category
2017Prof. Kamalesh Datta TripathiClassical and Medieval Literature[37]

Translation Prizes

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Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Sanskrit. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹50,000.[38]

Year Translator Title of the translation Original title Original language Genre Original Author References
1990[39]Ganesha SharmaVijananam SamajascaVijnana Aur SamajaHindiTreatiseSarayu Prasad Gupta
1991[39]Mallikarjun ParaddiSatikam KabirdasashatakamKabir DohavaliHindiCoupletsKabir
1993[39]Amir Chandra ShastriNehrucarita MahakavyamAutobiographyEnglishBiographyJawaharlal Nehru
1994[39]Kashinath MishraVidyapati ShatakamVtdyapattMaithiliPoetryVidyapati
1995[39]K.P. Narayana PisharodiSrikrishnacharitam MahakavyamSrikrishnacharitam MahakavyamMalayalam EpicKunchan Nambiar
1996[39]Kshirod Chandra DashChilikaChilikaOriyaPoetryRadhanath Ray
1997[39]Shyam VimalVyamohaVyamohaHindiNovelShyam Vimal
1998[39]Bihari Lal MishraSharatsaptakamSelectionBengaliShort StoriesSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
2000[39]Dipak GhoshSanskritara-vindrasangitamCollectionBengaliPoetryRabindranath Tagore
2001[39]R. Sri HariPrapanchapadiPrapanchapaduluTeluguPoetryC. Narayana Reddy
2004[39]Jagannath PathakGhaliba KavyamDiwan-e-GhalibUrduPoetryMirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
2005[39]Janardhan HedgeDharmasriDharmasriKannadaNovelS. L. Bhyrappa
2006[39]H.V. Nagaraja RaoSarthaSarthaKannadaNovelS. L. Bhyrappa
2007[39]Vishu BelaniAgni SakshiAgnisakshiMalayalamNovelLalithambika Antharjanam
2008[39]A. V. SubramanianSringarapadyavaliKuṟuntokaiTamilPoetrySangam Poets
2009[39]Prem Narayan DwivediSrimadramacharitamanasamRamcharitmanasAwadhiEpic PoemTulsidas
2010[39]H. R. VishwasaAavaranamAavaranaKannadaNovelS. L. Bhyrappa
2011[39]K. Ramakrishna VariyerGitanjaliGitanjaliBengaliPoetryRabindranath Tagore
2012[39]BhagirathinandaBharatvarshamBharatvarshaOdiaPoetrySitakant Mahapatra
2013[39]Abhiraj Rajendra MishraVijayaparvaVijaya parvaHindiPlayRamakumar Varma[40]
2014[39]Narayan DashVatyasarahJhad O Anyanya KahaniOdiaShort StoriesChandraShekhara das Varma[41]
2015[39]Tarashankar Sharma 'Pandeya'Ahmev Radha Ahmev KrishnaMein Hi Radha Main Hi KrishnaHindiPoetry Gulab Kothari[42][43][44][45]
2016[39]Rani Sadasiva MurtyVivkatapuspakarandahOntari Pula ButtaTeluguPoetryRallabandi Kavita Prasad[46]
2017[39]Praveen PandyaSoundaryasrotarswini NarmadaSaundaryana Nadi NarmadaGujaratiTravelogueAmritlal Vegad[47]
2018[39]Dipak Kumar SharmaAsama VanmanjariAsama VanmanjariAssamesePoetryVarious Authors[39]
2019[39]Prem Shankar SharmaRashmirathiRashmirathiHindiPoetryRamdhari Singh Dinkar[48]
2020[39]Manjusha KulkarniPrakashmarghPrakashvataMarathiBiographyPrakash Aamate[49]
2021[39]Shatavadhani Ganesh & B. N. ShashikiranMahaabraahmanahMahabrahmanaKannadaNovelDevudu Narasimha Sastri[50]
2022[39]Gopabandhu MishraAmrutaphalamAmrutaPhalaOdiaNovelManoj Das[51]
2023[39]Ruchiraah BaalakathaahNagaratna HegdeMakkaligaagi Nanna Necchina KathegaluKannadaShort StoriesSudha Murty[52]

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