Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit
Award for contributions to Sanskrit literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)₹1 lakh (US$1,300)
First awarded1956
Last awarded2022
Highlights
Total awarded54
First winnerP. V. Kane
Most Recent winnerJanardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’
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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$1,300), 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 winners for Sanskrit

P. V. Kane was the first winner of this award.
Year Author Book Category
1956 P. V. Kane History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV Research
1961 Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi वैदिक विज्ञान और भारतीय संस्कृति
Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti		 Research
1963 B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature Research
1964 Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj तांत्रिक वाङ्मय में शाक्त दृष्टि
Tāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭi		 Treatise
1966 V. Raghavan Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa Aesthetics
1967 Ramaroop Pathak चित्रकाव्य-कौतुकम्
Citrakāvya-kautukam		 Poetry
1968 Satyavrat Shastri श्रीगुरुगोविन्दसिंहचरितम्
śrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritam		 Poetry
1970 V. Subramanya Sastri शब्दतरङ्गिणी
śabdataraṅgiṇī		 Treatise on verbal cognition
1973 M. S. Aney श्रीतिलकयशोनर्णव
śrītilakayaśonarṇava		 Epic
1974 Dr. S.B. Warnekar श्रीशिवराज्योदयम्
śrīśivarājyodayam		 Epic poem
1977 Shanti Bhikshu Shastri बुद्धविजयकाव्यम्
buddhavijayakāvyam		 Poetry
1979 K.N. Ezhuthachan केरलोदयः
keralodayaḥ		 Epic
1980 P. C. Devassia क्रिस्तुभागवतम्
Kristubhagavatam		 Epic
1981 Jagannath Pathak कापिशायनी
kāpiśāyanī		 Poetry
1982 P. K. Narayana Pillai विश्वभानु
viśvabhānu		 Epic
1983 Pandharinathacharya Galagali श्री शंभुलिंगविजय चंपू
śrī śaṃbhuliṃgavijaya caṃpū		 Biography
1984 Shrinath S. Hasurkar सिंधु कन्या:
siṃdhu kanyā:		 Historical novel
1985 Vasant Trimbak Shevde विन्ध्यवासिनिविजयमहाकाव्यम्:
vindhyavāsinivijayamahākāvyam:		 Epic
1986 Kalika Prasad Shukla श्रीराधाचरितमहाकाव्यम्
śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam		 Epic
1987 Biswanarayan Shastri अविनाशि
avināśi		 Novel
1988 Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra इक्षुगंधा
ikṣugaṃdhā		 Short stories
1989 Ram Karan Sharma संध्या
saṃdhyā		 Poetry
1990 Ogeti Parikshit Sharma श्रीमत्प्रतापराणायनं महाकाव्यम्
śrīmatpratāparāṇāyanaṃ mahākāvyam		 Poetry
1991 Rewa Prasad Dwivedi स्वातंत्र्यसंभवम्
svātaṃtryasaṃbhavam		 Poetry
1992 Hari Narayan Dikshit भीष्मचरितम्
bhīṣmacaritam		 Epic
1993 Jaggu Alwar Iyengar जयन्तीकगद्यकाव्य
jayantīkagadyakāvya		 Prose Romance
1994 Radhavallabh Tripathi संधानम्
saṃdhānam		 Poetry
1995 Rasik Vihari Joshi श्रीराधापंचशती
śrīrādhāpaṃcaśatī		 Poetry
1996 Keshab Chandra Dash Isha Poetry
1997 Shyam Dev Parashar Triveni Poetry
1998 Bachchoolal Awasthi Pratanini Poetry
1999 Srinivas Rath Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara Poetry
2000 S. Srinivasa Sarma Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam Poetry
2001 Pullella Sriramachandrudu Ko Vai Rasah Essays
2002 Kashinath Mishra Harsacarita-Manjari Poetry
2003 Bhaskaracharya Tripathi Nirjharini Poetry
2004 Devarshi Kalanath Shastry Akhyana Vallari Fiction
2005 Swami Rambhadracharya Sribhargavaraghaviyam Epic
2006 Harshadev Madhav Tava Sparshe Sparshe Poetry
2007 Hari Dutt Sharma Lasallatika Poetry
2008 Om Prakash Pande[4] Rasapriya-Vibhavanam Poetry
2009 Prashasya Mitra Shastri[5] Anabheepsitam Short stories
2010 Mithila Prasad Tripathi[6][7][8] Bharqviyam Poetry
2011 Harekrishna Satapathy[9][10] Bharatayanam Poetry
2012 Ramji Thakur[11] Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi Poetry
2013 Radhakant Thakur[12] Chaladuravani Poetry
2015 Ram Shankar Awasthi Vanadevi Epic
2016 Sitanath Acharya[13] Kavyanirjhari Poetry
2017 Niranjan Mishra[14][15] Gangaputravadanam Poetry
2018 Rama Kant Shukla[16] Mama Janani Poetry
2019 Madhusudan Penna Prajnachakshusham Poetry
2020 Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam[17] Vaishali Novel
2021 Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'[18] Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Kavita Poetry
2022 Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’[1] Deepmanikyam Poetry
2023 Arun Ranjan Mishra Shunye Meghaganam Poetry

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

Bal Sahitya Puraskar

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

Year Author Work Notes
2010 Padma Sastry Sanskrit-Katha-Satakam (in 2 Vols.) Short Stories[19]
2011 Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra[20] Kaumarm (poetry)[19]
2012 Om Prakash Thakur [21] Isap-Katha Nikunjam Collection of short stories[22][19]
2013 H. R. Vishvasa[23] Marjalasya Mukham Drishtam Book of plays[23][19]
2014 No award[19]
2015 Janardan Hegde Balakathasaptatih Stories[19]
2016 Rishiraj Jani Chamtkarikah Chaladurabhashah Short story[19][24]
2017 RajKumar Mishra Dayate Kathamakashe Poetry[25]
2018 Sampadananda Mishra Shanaih Shanaih Poetry[26]
2019 Sanjay Chaubey Chitva Trinam Trinam Poetry[27][28]

Yuva Puraskar

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

Year Author Work Notes
2017 Hemchandra Belwal Parivartankavyam Poetry[29]
2018 Muni Rajsundar Vijay Chitrakavyadarshanam Poetry[30]
2019 Yuvraj Bhattarai Vagvilasini Poetry[28]

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