List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

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$1,200)
First awarded1956
Last awarded2023
Highlights
Total awarded55
First winnerP. V. Kane
Most Recent winnerArun Ranjan Mishra
WebsiteOfficial website
Part of a series on
Sahitya Akademi Awards
Category
Sahitya Akademi Award winners by language
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes
Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar
Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar
Related
  • icon Asia portal
  • flag India portal
  • icon Language portal
  • Literature portal

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[update], the award carries a monetary reward of ₹1 lakh (US$1,200), 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][19]
2018 Sampadananda Mishra Shanaih Shanaih Poetry[26][19]
2019 Sanjay Chaubey Chitva Trinam Trinam Poetry[27][28][19]
2020 Aravind Kumar Tiwari Balagunjanam Poetry[19]
2021 Asha Agrawal Chitva Trinam Trinam Short story[19]
2022 Kuldeep Sharma Sachitram Prahelikasatkam (Abhinavsanskritprahelikah) Poetry[19]
2023 Radhavallabh Tripathy Manavi Novel[19]
2024 Harshadev Madhav Bubhukshitah Kakah Short story[19]

Yuva Puraskar

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

Year Author Work Notes
2017 Hemchandra Belwal Parivartankavyam Poetry[29][30]
2018 Muni Rajsundar Vijay Chitrakavyadarshanam Poetry[31][30]
2019 Yuvraj Bhattarai Vagvilasini Poetry[28][30]
2020 Rishiraj Pathak Aadhyonmeshah Poetry[30]
2021 Swetapadma Satapathy Kathakalpalata Short story[30]
2022 Shruti Kanitkar Shreemati Charitram Poetry[30]
2023 Madhusudan Mishra Sudarshanvijayam Prose[30]
2024 TBD TBD [30]

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.[32]

Year Author Category
2017 Prof. Kamalesh Datta Tripathi Classical and Medieval Literature[33]

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.[34]

Year Translator Title of the translation Original Title Original Language Genre Original Author References
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 Kannad Novel S. L. Bhyrappa
2006 H.V. Nagaraja Rao Sartha Sartha Kannad 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 [35]
2014 Narayan Dash Vatyasarah Jhad O Anyanya Kahani Odia Short Stories ChandraShekhara das Varma [36]
2015 Tarashankar Sharma 'Pandeya' Ahmev Radha Ahmev Krishna Mein Hi Radha Main Hi Krishna Hindi Poetry Gulab Kothari [37][38][39][40]
2016 Rani Sadasiva Murty Vivkatapuspakarandah Ontari Pula Butta Telugu Poetry Rallabandi Kavita Prasad [41]
2017 Praveen Pandya Soundaryasrotarswini Narmada Saundaryana Nadi Narmada Gujarati Travelogue Amritlal Vegad [42]
2018 Dipak Kumar Sharma Asama Vanmanjari Asama Vanmanjari Assamese Poetry Various Authors [43]
2019 Prem Shankar Sharma Rashmirathi Rashmirathi Hindi Poetry Ramdhari Singh Dinkar [44]
2020 Manjusha Kulkarni Prakashmargh Prakashvata Marathi Biography Prakash Aamate [45]
2021 Shatavadhani Ganesh & B. N. Shashikiran Mahaabraahmanah Mahabrahmana Kannada Novel Devudu Narasimha Sastri [46]
2022 Gopabandhu Mishra Amrutaphalam AmrutaPhala Odia Novel Manoj Das [47]
2023 Ruchiraah Baalakathaah Nagaratna Hegde Makkaligaagi Nanna Necchina Kathegalu Kannada Short Stories Sudha Murty [48]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sahitya Akademi Award 2022" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Former minister among Sahitya Akademi awardees", Oneindia, 15 February 2011, archived from the original on 21 July 2011
  8. ^ Zafri Mudasser Nofil (28 December 2010), "2010 Was an Action-Packed Year for Literature in India", Outlook, archived from the original on 15 July 2011
  9. ^ "Guha wins it for narrative history". The Hindu. 21 December 2011.
  10. ^ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2011 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012
  11. ^ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2012 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013, retrieved 22 January 2013
  12. ^ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2013 (PDF), 18 December 2013, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013, retrieved 18 December 2013
  13. ^ "AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2016)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Manu S Pillai, Paro Anand among winners of Sahitya Akademi awards 2017". Hindustan Times. 23 June 2017.
  15. ^ "SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2018.
  16. ^ "SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards-2020 (Official Website)". March 2021.
  18. ^ K. Sreenivasarao (30 December 2021). "List of Winners - 2021" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR (2010-2024)".
  20. ^ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2011 (PDF), 16 August 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012
  21. ^ "Murlidhar Jha to receive Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Award", The Pioneer, 27 August 2012
  22. ^ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2012 (PDF), 24 August 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2013
  23. ^ a b PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2013 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 23 August 2013, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016, retrieved 15 April 2014
  24. ^ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2016 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 16 June 2016, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016, retrieved 16 February 2017
  25. ^ "Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2018.
  26. ^ "Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2018" (PDF).
  27. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019: Tanuj Solanki, Salman Abdus Samad win top honours". 15 June 2019.
  28. ^ a b ""Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar 2019"". Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  29. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2018.
  30. ^ a b c d e f g h "YUVA PURASKAR (2011-2024)".
  31. ^ "Yuva Puraskar 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2018.
  32. ^ https://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/bhasha_samman.jsp [bare URL]
  33. ^ https://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/Bhasha-Samman_Suchi.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  34. ^ Cite error: The named reference sahitya-akademi.gov.in was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  35. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2013- News Letter" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  36. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2014- News Letter" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  37. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2015" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  38. ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces winners of translation prize". India Today. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  39. ^ "Imphal hosts Sahitya Akademi Translation Award". Indian Express. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  40. ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces winners of translation prize". business-standard. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  41. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2016" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  42. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2017" (PDF). Sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  43. ^ "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  44. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Newsletter" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  45. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2020" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  46. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2021" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  47. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2022" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  48. ^ "SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2023". www.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 12 July 2024.