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Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit
Award for contributions to Sanskrit literature

Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)	₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
First awarded	1956
Last awarded	2023
Highlights
Total awarded	55
First winner	P. V. Kane
Most Recent winner	Arun Ranjan Mishra
Website	Official website

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Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

Year	Author	Book	Category
1956^[4]	P. V. Kane	History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV	Research
1961^[4]	Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi	वैदिक विज्ञान और भारतीय संस्कृति Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti	Research
1963^[4]	B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma	History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature	Research
1964^[4]	Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj	तांत्रिक वाङ्मय में शाक्त दृष्टि Tāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭi	Treatise
1966^[4]	V. Raghavan	Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa	Aesthetics
1967^[4]	Ramaroop Pathak	चित्रकाव्य-कौतुकम् Citrakāvya-kautukam	Poetry
1968^[4]	Satyavrat Shastri	श्रीगुरुगोविन्दसिंहचरितम् śrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritam	Poetry
1970^[4]	V. Subramanya Sastri	शब्दतरङ्गिणी śabdataraṅgiṇī	Treatise on verbal cognition
1973^[4]	M. S. Aney	श्रीतिलकयशोनर्णव śrītilakayaśonarṇava	Epic
1974^[4]	Dr. S.B. Warnekar	श्रीशिवराज्योदयम् śrīśivarājyodayam	Epic poem
1977^[4]	Shanti Bhikshu Shastri	बुद्धविजयकाव्यम् buddhavijayakāvyam	Poetry
1979^[4]	K.N. Ezhuthachan	केरलोदयः keralodayaḥ	Epic
1980^[4]	P. C. Devassia	क्रिस्तुभागवतम् Kristubhagavatam	Epic
1981^[4]	Jagannath Pathak	कापिशायनी kāpiśāyanī	Poetry
1982^[4]	P. K. Narayana Pillai	विश्वभानु viśvabhānu	Epic
1983^[4]	Pandharinathacharya Galagali	श्री शंभुलिंगविजय चंपू śrī śaṃbhuliṃgavijaya caṃpū	Biography
1984^[4]	Shrinath S. Hasurkar	सिंधु कन्याः siṃdhu kanyāḥ	Historical novel
1985^[4]	Vasant Trimbak Shevde	विन्ध्यवासिनिविजयमहाकाव्यम्: vindhyavāsinivijayamahākāvyam:	Epic
1986^[4]	Kalika Prasad Shukla	श्रीराधाचरितमहाकाव्यम् śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam	Epic
1987^[4]	Biswanarayan Shastri	अविनाशि avināśi	Novel
1988^[4]	Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra	इक्षुगंधा ikṣugaṃdhā	Short stories
1989^[4]	Ram Karan Sharma	संध्या saṃdhyā	Poetry
1990^[4]	Ogeti Parikshit Sharma	श्रीमत्प्रतापराणायनं महाकाव्यम् śrīmatpratāparāṇāyanaṃ mahākāvyam	Poetry
1991^[4]	Rewa Prasad Dwivedi	स्वातंत्र्यसंभवम् svātaṃtryasaṃbhavam	Poetry
1992^[4]	Hari Narayan Dikshit	भीष्मचरितम् bhīṣmacaritam	Epic
1993^[4]	Jaggu Alwar Iyengar	जयन्तीकगद्यकाव्य jayantīkagadyakāvya	Prose Romance
1994^[4]	Radhavallabh Tripathi	संधानम् saṃdhānam	Poetry
1995^[4]	Rasik Vihari Joshi	श्रीराधापंचशती śrīrādhāpaṃcaśatī	Poetry
1996^[4]	Keshab Chandra Dash	Isha	Poetry
1997^[4]	Shyam Dev Parashar	Triveni	Poetry
1998^[4]	Bachchoolal Awasthi	Pratanini	Poetry
1999^[4]	Srinivas Rath	Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara	Poetry
2000^[4]	S. Srinivasa Sarma	Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam	Poetry
2001^[4]	Pullella Sriramachandrudu	Ko Vai Rasah	Essays
2002^[4]	Kashinath Mishra	Harsacarita-Manjari	Poetry
2003^[4]	Bhaskaracharya Tripathi	Nirjharini	Poetry
2004^[4]	Devarshi Kalanath Shastry	Akhyana Vallari	Fiction
2005^[4]	Swami Rambhadracharya	Sribhargavaraghaviyam	Epic
2006^[4]	Harshadev Madhav	Tava Sparshe Sparshe	Poetry
2007^[4]	Hari Dutt Sharma	Lasallatika	Poetry
2008	Om Prakash Pande^[5]	Rasapriya-Vibhavanam	Poetry
2009	Prashasya Mitra Shastri^[6]	Anabheepsitam	Short stories
2010	Mithila Prasad Tripathi^[7]^[8]^[9]	Bharqviyam	Poetry
2011	Harekrishna Satapathy^[10]^[11]	Bharatayanam	Poetry
2012	Ramji Thakur^[12]	Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi	Poetry
2013	Radhakant Thakur^[13]	Chaladuravani	Poetry
2015	Ram Shankar Awasthi	Vanadevi	Epic
2016	Sitanath Acharya^[14]	Kavyanirjhari	Poetry
2017	Niranjan Mishra^[15]^[16]	Gangaputravadanam	Poetry
2018	Rama Kant Shukla^[17]	Mama Janani	Poetry
2019^[4]	Madhusudan Penna	Prajnachakshusham	Poetry
2020^[4]	Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam^[18]	Vaishali	Novel
2021^[4]	Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'^[19]	Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Kavita	Poetry
2022^[4]	Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’^[1]	Deepmanikyam	Poetry
2023^[4]	Arun Ranjan Mishra	Shunye Meghaganam	Poetry
2024	Dipak Kumar Sharma	Bhaskaracaritam	Poetry

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

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^[20]
2011	Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra^[21]	Kaumarm (poetry)^[20]
2012	Om Prakash Thakur ^[22]	Isap-Katha Nikunjam	Collection of short stories^[23]^[20]
2013	H. R. Vishvasa^[24]	Marjalasya Mukham Drishtam	Book of plays^[24]^[20]
2014	No award^[20]
2015	Janardan Hegde	Balakathasaptatih	Stories^[20]
2016	Rishiraj Jani	Chamtkarikah Chaladurabhashah	Short story^[20]^[25]
2017	RajKumar Mishra	Dayate Kathamakashe	Poetry^[26]^[20]
2018	Sampadananda Mishra	Shanaih Shanaih	Poetry^[27]^[20]
2019	Sanjay Chaubey	Chitva Trinam Trinam	Poetry^[28]^[29]^[20]
2020	Aravind Kumar Tiwari	Balagunjanam	Poetry^[20]
2021	Asha Agrawal	Chitva Trinam Trinam	Short story^[20]
2022	Kuldeep Sharma	Sachitram Prahelikasatkam (Abhinavsanskritprahelikah)	Poetry^[20]
2023	Radhavallabh Tripathi	Manavi	Novel^[20]
2024	Harshadev Madhav	Bubhukshitah Kakah	Short story^[20]

Yuva Puraskar

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

Year	Author	Work	Notes
2017	Hemchandra Belwal	Parivartankavyam	Poetry^[30]^[31]
2018	Muni Rajsundar Vijay	Chitrakavyadarshanam	Poetry^[32]^[31]
2019	Yuvraj Bhattarai	Vagvilasini	Poetry^[29]^[31]
2020	Rishiraj Pathak	Aadhyonmeshah	Poetry^[31]
2021	Swetapadma Satapathy	Kathakalpalata	Short story^[31]
2022	Shruti Kanitkar	Shreemati Charitram	Poetry^[31]
2023	Madhusudan Mishra	Sudarshanvijayam	Prose^[31]
2024	TBD	TBD	^[31]

Bhasha Samman

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.^[33]

Year	Author	Category
2017	Prof. Kamalesh Datta Tripathi	Classical and Medieval Literature^[34]

Translation Prizes

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.^[35]

Year	Translator	Title of the translation	Original Title	Original Language	Genre	Original Author	References
1990^[36]	Ganesha Sharma	Vijananam Samajasca	Vijnana Aur Samaja	Hindi	Treatise	Sarayu Prasad Gupta
1991^[36]	Mallikarjun Paraddi	Satikam Kabirdasashatakam	Kabir Dohavali	Hindi	Couplets	Kabir
1993^[36]	Amir Chandra Shastri	Nehrucarita Mahakavyam	Autobiography	English	Biography	Jawaharlal Nehru
1994^[36]	Kashinath Mishra	Vidyapati Shatakam	Vtdyapatt	Maithili	Poetry	Vidyapati
1995^[36]	K.P. Narayana Pisharodi	Srikrishnacharitam Mahakavyam	Srikrishnacharitam Mahakavyam	Malayalam	Epic	Kunchan Nambiar
1996^[36]	Kshirod Chandra Dash	Chilika	Chilika	Oriya	Poetry	Radhanath Ray
1997^[36]	Shyam Vimal	Vyamoha	Vyamoha	Hindi	Novel	Shyam Vimal
1998^[36]	Bihari Lal Mishra	Sharatsaptakam	Selection	Bengali	Short Stories	Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
2000^[36]	Dipak Ghosh	Sanskritara-vindrasangitam	Collection	Bengali	Poetry	Rabindranath Tagore
2001^[36]	R. Sri Hari	Prapanchapadi	Prapanchapadulu	Telugu	Poetry	C. Narayana Reddy
2004^[36]	Jagannath Pathak	Ghaliba Kavyam	Diwan-e-Ghalib	Urdu	Poetry	Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
2005^[36]	Janardhan Hedge	Dharmasri	Dharmasri	Kannada	Novel	S. L. Bhyrappa
2006^[36]	H.V. Nagaraja Rao	Sartha	Sartha	Kannada	Novel	S. L. Bhyrappa
2007^[36]	Vishu Belani	Agni Sakshi	Agnisakshi	Malayalam	Novel	Lalithambika Antharjanam
2008^[36]	A. V. Subramanian	Sringarapadyavali	Kuṟuntokai	Tamil	Poetry	Sangam Poets
2009^[36]	Prem Narayan Dwivedi	Srimadramacharitamanasam	Ramcharitmanas	Awadhi	Epic Poem	Tulsidas
2010^[36]	H. R. Vishwasa	Aavaranam	Aavarana	Kannada	Novel	S. L. Bhyrappa
2011^[36]	K. Ramakrishna Variyer	Gitanjali	Gitanjali	Bengali	Poetry	Rabindranath Tagore
2012^[36]	Bhagirathinanda	Bharatvarsham	Bharatvarsha	Odia	Poetry	Sitakant Mahapatra
2013^[36]	Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra	Vijayaparva	Vijaya parva	Hindi	Play	Ramakumar Varma	^[37]
2014^[36]	Narayan Dash	Vatyasarah	Jhad O Anyanya Kahani	Odia	Short Stories	ChandraShekhara das Varma	^[38]
2015^[36]	Tarashankar Sharma 'Pandeya'	Ahmev Radha Ahmev Krishna	Mein Hi Radha Main Hi Krishna	Hindi	Poetry	Gulab Kothari	^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
2016^[36]	Rani Sadasiva Murty	Vivkatapuspakarandah	Ontari Pula Butta	Telugu	Poetry	Rallabandi Kavita Prasad	^[43]
2017^[36]	Praveen Pandya	Soundaryasrotarswini Narmada	Saundaryana Nadi Narmada	Gujarati	Travelogue	Amritlal Vegad	^[44]
2018^[36]	Dipak Kumar Sharma	Asama Vanmanjari	Asama Vanmanjari	Assamese	Poetry	Various Authors	^[36]
2019^[36]	Prem Shankar Sharma	Rashmirathi	Rashmirathi	Hindi	Poetry	Ramdhari Singh Dinkar	^[45]
2020^[36]	Manjusha Kulkarni	Prakashmargh	Prakashvata	Marathi	Biography	Prakash Aamate	^[46]
2021^[36]	Shatavadhani Ganesh & B. N. Shashikiran	Mahaabraahmanah	Mahabrahmana	Kannada	Novel	Devudu Narasimha Sastri	^[47]
2022^[36]	Gopabandhu Mishra	Amrutaphalam	AmrutaPhala	Odia	Novel	Manoj Das	^[48]
2023^[36]	Ruchiraah Baalakathaah	Nagaratna Hegde	Makkaligaagi Nanna Necchina Kathegalu	Kannada	Short Stories	Sudha Murty	^[49]

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