List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit


The Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual award, given by the Sahitya Akademi, to writers in 24 Indian languages. The award was instituted and first awarded in 1955., the award carries a monetary reward of, a shawl and a copper-plaque. 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.

Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

YearPortraitAuthorBookCategory
1956P. V. KaneHistory of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IVResearch
1961—Giridhar Sharma ChaturvediResearch
1963B. N. Krishnamurti SharmaHistory of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its LiteratureResearch
1964Gopinath KavirajTreatise
1966—V. RaghavanBhoja's Sringara PrakasaAesthetics
1967—Ramaroop PathakPoetry
1968Satyavrat ShastriPoetry
1970—V. Subramanya SastriTreatise on verbal cognition
1973M. S. AneyEpic
1974—Dr. S.B. WarnekarEpic poem
1977—Shanti Bhikshu ShastriPoetry
1979K.N. EzhuthachanEpic
1980—P. C. DevassiaKristubhagavatamEpic
1981—Jagannath PathakPoetry
1982P. K. Narayana PillaiEpic
1983Pandharinathacharya GalagaliBiography
1984—Shrinath S. HasurkarHistorical novel
1985—Vasant Trimbak ShevdeEpic
1986—Kalika Prasad ShuklaEpic
1987—Biswanarayan ShastriNovel
1988—Abhiraj Rajendra MishraShort stories
1989—Ram Karan SharmaPoetry
1990—Ogeti Parikshit SharmaPoetry
1991Rewa Prasad DwivediPoetry
1992—Hari Narayan DikshitEpic
1993—Jaggu Alwar IyengarProse Romance
1994—Radhavallabh TripathiPoetry
1995—Rasik Vihari JoshiPoetry
1996—Keshab Chandra DashIshaPoetry
1997—Shyam Dev ParasharTriveniPoetry
1998—Bachchoolal AwasthiPrataniniPoetry
1999—Srinivas RathTadeva Gaganam SaivadharaPoetry
2000—S. Srinivasa SarmaJagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati VijayamPoetry
2001Pullella SriramachandruduKo Vai RasahEssays
2002—Kashinath MishraHarsacarita-ManjariPoetry
2003—Bhaskaracharya TripathiNirjhariniPoetry
2004Devarshi Kalanath ShastryAkhyana VallariFiction
2005Swami RambhadracharyaSribhargavaraghaviyamEpic
2006Harshadev MadhavTava Sparshe SparshePoetry
2007—Hari Dutt SharmaLasallatikaPoetry
2008—Om Prakash PandeyRasapriya-VibhavanamPoetry
2009—Prashasya Mitra ShastriAnabheepsitamShort stories
2010Mithila Prasad TripathiBharqviyamPoetry
2011—Harekrishna SatapathyBharatayanamPoetry
2012Ramji ThakurLaghupadyahprabandhatrayiPoetry
2013—Radhakant ThakurChaladuravaniPoetry
2015—Ram Shankar AwasthiVanadeviEpic
2016—Sitanath AcharyaKavyanirjhariPoetry
2017—Niranjan MishraGangaputravadanamPoetry
2018Rama Kant ShuklaMama JananiPoetry
2019Madhusudan PennaPrajnachakshushamPoetry
2020Mahesh Chandra Sharma GautamVaishaliNovel
2021—Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, KavitaPoetry
2022—Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’DeepmanikyamPoetry
2023—Arun Ranjan MishraShunye MeghaganamPoetry
2024—Dipak Kumar SharmaBhaskaracaritamPoetry

Bal Sahitya Puraskar

The Sahitya Akademi also awards a "Bal Sahitya Puraskar", for children's literature. Winners of this award for Sanskrit include:
YearAuthorWorkNotes
2010Padma SastrySanskrit-Katha-Satakam Short Stories
2011Abhiraja Rajendra MishraKaumarm -
2012Om Prakash ThakurIsap-Katha NikunjamCollection of short stories
2013H. R. VishvasaMarjalasya Mukham DrishtamBook of plays
2014No award--
2015Janardan HegdeBalakathasaptatihStories
2016Rishiraj JaniChamtkarikah ChaladurabhashahShort story
2017RajKumar MishraDayate KathamakashePoetry
2018Sampadananda MishraShanaih ShanaihPoetry
2019Sanjay ChaubeyChitva Trinam TrinamPoetry
2020Aravind Kumar TiwariBalagunjanamPoetry
2021Asha AgrawalChitva Trinam TrinamShort story
2022Kuldeep SharmaSachitram Prahelikasatkam Poetry
2023Radhavallabh TripathiManaviNovel
2024Harshadev MadhavBubhukshitah KakahShort story

Yuva Puraskar

Books published by an author of the age of 35 and below.
YearAuthorWorkNotes
2017Hemchandra BelwalParivartankavyamPoetry
2018Muni Rajsundar VijayChitrakavyadarshanamPoetry
2019Yuvraj BhattaraiVagvilasiniPoetry
2020Rishiraj PathakAadhyonmeshahPoetry
2021Swetapadma SatapathyKathakalpalataShort story
2022Shruti KanitkarShreemati CharitramPoetry
2023Madhusudan MishraSudarshanvijayamProse
2024TBDTBD

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.
YearAuthorCategory
2017Prof. Kamalesh Datta TripathiClassical and Medieval Literature

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