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. , 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

Year Portrait Author Book Category 1956 P. V. Kane History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV Research 1961 — Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi Research 1963 B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature Research 1964 Gopinath Kaviraj Treatise 1966 — V. Raghavan Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa Aesthetics 1967 — Ramaroop Pathak Poetry 1968 Satyavrat Shastri Poetry 1970 — V. Subramanya Sastri Treatise on verbal cognition 1973 M. S. Aney Epic 1974 — Dr. S.B. Warnekar Epic poem 1977 — Shanti Bhikshu Shastri Poetry 1979 K.N. Ezhuthachan Epic 1980 — P. C. Devassia Kristubhagavatam Epic 1981 — Jagannath Pathak Poetry 1982 P. K. Narayana Pillai Epic 1983 Pandharinathacharya Galagali Biography 1984 — Shrinath S. Hasurkar Historical novel 1985 — Vasant Trimbak Shevde Epic 1986 — Kalika Prasad Shukla Epic 1987 — Biswanarayan Shastri Novel 1988 — Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra Short stories 1989 — Ram Karan Sharma Poetry 1990 — Ogeti Parikshit Sharma Poetry 1991 Rewa Prasad Dwivedi Poetry 1992 — Hari Narayan Dikshit Epic 1993 — Jaggu Alwar Iyengar Prose Romance 1994 — Radhavallabh Tripathi Poetry 1995 — Rasik Vihari Joshi 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 Pandey Rasapriya-Vibhavanam Poetry 2009 — Prashasya Mitra Shastri Anabheepsitam Short stories 2010 Mithila Prasad Tripathi Bharqviyam Poetry 2011 — Harekrishna Satapathy Bharatayanam Poetry 2012 Ramji Thakur Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi Poetry 2013 — Radhakant Thakur Chaladuravani Poetry 2015 — Ram Shankar Awasthi Vanadevi Epic 2016 — Sitanath Acharya Kavyanirjhari Poetry 2017 — Niranjan Mishra Gangaputravadanam Poetry 2018 Rama Kant Shukla Mama Janani Poetry 2019 Madhusudan Penna Prajnachakshusham Poetry 2020 Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam Vaishali Novel 2021 — Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay' Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Kavita Poetry 2022 — Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’ Deepmanikyam Poetry 2023 — Arun Ranjan Mishra Shunye Meghaganam Poetry 2024 — Dipak Kumar Sharma Bhaskaracaritam Poetry2025Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu BhadreshdasPrasthanacatustaye BrahmaghosahPoetry (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 2011 Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra Kaumarm (poetry) 2012 Om Prakash Thakur Isap-Katha Nikunjam Collection of short stories 2013 H. R. Vishvasa Marjalasya Mukham Drishtam Book of plays 2014 No award 2015 Janardan Hegde Balakathasaptatih Stories 2016 Rishiraj Jani Chamtkarikah Chaladurabhashah Short story 2017 RajKumar Mishra Dayate Kathamakashe Poetry 2018 Sampadananda Mishra Shanaih Shanaih Poetry 2019 Sanjay Chaubey Chitva Trinam Trinam Poetry 2020 Aravind Kumar Tiwari Balagunjanam Poetry 2021 Asha Agrawal Chitva Trinam Trinam Short story 2022 Kuldeep Sharma Sachitram Prahelikasatkam (Abhinavsanskritprahelikah) Poetry 2023 Radhavallabh Tripathi Manavi Novel 2024 Harshadev Madhav Bubhukshitah Kakah Short story

Yuva Puraskar Books published by an author of the age of 35 and below. Year Author Work Notes 2017 Hemchandra Belwal Parivartankavyam Poetry 2018 Muni Rajsundar Vijay Chitrakavyadarshanam Poetry 2019 Yuvraj Bhattarai Vagvilasini Poetry 2020 Rishiraj Pathak Aadhyonmeshah Poetry 2021 Swetapadma Satapathy Kathakalpalata Short story 2022 Shruti Kanitkar Shreemati Charitram Poetry 2023 Madhusudan Mishra Sudarshanvijayam Prose 2024 TBD TBD

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

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