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$1,300), 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 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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P. V. Kane was the first winner of this award.
YearAuthorBookCategory
1956P. V. KaneHistory of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IVResearch
1961Giridhar Sharma Chaturvediवैदिक विज्ञान और भारतीय संस्कृति
Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti		Research
1963B. N. Krishnamurti SharmaHistory of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its LiteratureResearch
1964Mm. Gopinath Kavirajतांत्रिक वाङ्मय में शाक्त दृष्टि
Tāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭi		Treatise
1966V. RaghavanBhoja's Sringara PrakasaAesthetics
1967Ramaroop Pathakचित्रकाव्य-कौतुकम्
Citrakāvya-kautukam		Poetry
1968Satyavrat Shastriश्रीगुरुगोविन्दसिंहचरितम्
śrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritam		Poetry
1970V. Subramanya Sastriशब्दतरङ्गिणी
śabdataraṅgiṇī		Treatise on verbal cognition
1973M. S. Aneyश्रीतिलकयशोनर्णव
śrītilakayaśonarṇava		Epic
1974Dr. S.B. Warnekarश्रीशिवराज्योदयम्
śrīśivarājyodayam		Epic poem
1977Shanti Bhikshu Shastriबुद्धविजयकाव्यम्
buddhavijayakāvyam		Poetry
1979K.N. Ezhuthachanकेरलोदयः
keralodayaḥ		Epic
1980P. C. Devassiaक्रिस्तुभागवतम्
Kristubhagavatam		Epic
1981Jagannath Pathakकापिशायनी
kāpiśāyanī		Poetry
1982P. K. Narayana Pillaiविश्वभानु
viśvabhānu		Epic
1983Pandharinathacharya Galagaliश्री शंभुलिंगविजय चंपू
śrī śaṃbhuliṃgavijaya caṃpū		Biography
1984Shrinath S. Hasurkarसिंधु कन्या:
siṃdhu kanyā:		Historical novel
1985Vasant Trimbak Shevdeविन्ध्यवासिनिविजयमहाकाव्यम्:
vindhyavāsinivijayamahākāvyam:		Epic
1986Kalika Prasad Shuklaश्रीराधाचरितमहाकाव्यम्
śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam		Epic
1987Biswanarayan Shastriअविनाशि
avināśi		Novel
1988Abhiraj Rajendra Mishraइक्षुगंधा
ikṣugaṃdhā		Short stories
1989Ram Karan Sharmaसंध्या
saṃdhyā		Poetry
1990Ogeti Parikshit Sharmaश्रीमत्प्रतापराणायनं महाकाव्यम्
śrīmatpratāparāṇāyanaṃ mahākāvyam		Poetry
1991Rewa Prasad Dwivediस्वातंत्र्यसंभवम्
svātaṃtryasaṃbhavam		Poetry
1992Hari Narayan Dikshitभीष्मचरितम्
bhīṣmacaritam		Epic
1993Jaggu Alwar Iyengarजयन्तीकगद्यकाव्य
jayantīkagadyakāvya		Prose Romance
1994Radhavallabh Tripathiसंधानम्
saṃdhānam		Poetry
1995Rasik Vihari Joshiश्रीराधापंचशती
śrīrādhāpaṃcaśatī		Poetry
1996Keshab Chandra DashIshaPoetry
1997Shyam Dev ParasharTriveniPoetry
1998Bachchoolal AwasthiPrataniniPoetry
1999Srinivas RathTadeva Gaganam SaivadharaPoetry
2000S. Srinivasa SarmaJagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati VijayamPoetry
2001Pullella SriramachandruduKo Vai RasahEssays
2002Kashinath MishraHarsacarita-ManjariPoetry
2003Bhaskaracharya TripathiNirjhariniPoetry
2004Devarshi Kalanath ShastryAkhyana VallariFiction
2005Swami RambhadracharyaSribhargavaraghaviyamEpic
2006Harshadev MadhavTava Sparshe SparshePoetry
2007Hari Dutt SharmaLasallatikaPoetry
2008Om Prakash Pande[4]Rasapriya-VibhavanamPoetry
2009Prashasya Mitra Shastri[5]AnabheepsitamShort stories
2010Mithila Prasad Tripathi[6][7][8]BharqviyamPoetry
2011Harekrishna Satapathy[9][10]BharatayanamPoetry
2012Ramji Thakur[11]LaghupadyahprabandhatrayiPoetry
2013Radhakant Thakur[12]ChaladuravaniPoetry
2015Ram Shankar AwasthiVanadeviEpic
2016Sitanath Acharya[13]KavyanirjhariPoetry
2017Niranjan Mishra[14][15]GangaputravadanamPoetry
2018Rama Kant Shukla[16]Mama JananiPoetry
2019Madhusudan PennaPrajnachakshushamPoetry
2020Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam[17]VaishaliNovel
2021Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'[18]Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, KavitaPoetry
2022Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’[1]DeepmanikyamPoetry

(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
2010Padma SastrySanskrit-Katha-Satakam (in 2 Vols.)Short Stories[19]
2011Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra[20]Kaumarm (poetry)[19]
2012Om Prakash Thakur [21]Isap-Katha NikunjamCollection of short stories[22][19]
2013H. R. Vishvasa[23]Marjalasya Mukham DrishtamBook of plays[23][19]
2014No award[19]
2015Janardan HegdeBalakathasaptatihStories[19]
2016Rishiraj JaniChamtkarikah ChaladurabhashahShort story[19][24]
2017RajKumar MishraDayate KathamakashePoetry[25]
2018Sampadananda MishraShanaih ShanaihPoetry[26]
2019Sanjay ChaubeyChitva Trinam TrinamPoetry[27][28]

Yuva Puraskar

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

Year Author Work Notes
2017Hemchandra BelwalParivartankavyamPoetry[29]
2018Muni Rajsundar VijayChitrakavyadarshanamPoetry[30]
2019Yuvraj BhattaraiVagvilasiniPoetry[28]

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