| Name | Sahitya Akademi Award |
|---|---|
| Type | Literary Awards |
| Award For | Promotion of Literature |
| Award By | Goverment of India |
| First | 1954 |
| Last | 2026 |
| Status | Active |
| Country | India |
This Winners List features 57 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit, from 1956 to 2025.
| Image | Year | Winner Name | Gender | Book Name | Book Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2025 |
Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas
|
male | Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2024 |
Dipak Kumar Sharma
|
male | Bhaskaracaritam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2023 |
Arun Ranjan Mishra
|
male | Shunye Meghaganam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2022 |
Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’
|
male | Deepmanikyam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2021 |
Vindeshwariprasad Mishra 'Vinay'
|
male | Srijati Shankhnadam Kil, Kavita | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2020 |
Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam
|
male | Vaishali | Novel | Sanskrit |
|
2019 |
Madhusudan Penna
|
male | Prajnachakshusham | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2018 |
Rama Kant Shukla
|
male | Mama Janani | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2017 |
Niranjan Mishra
|
male | Gangaputravadanam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2016 |
Sitanath Acharya
|
male | Kavyanirjhari | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2015 |
Ram Shankar Awasthi
|
male | Vanadevi | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
2013 |
Radhakant Thakur
|
male | Chaladuravani | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2012 |
Ramji Thakur
|
male | Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2011 |
Harekrishna Satapathy
|
male | Bharatayanam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2010 |
Mithila Prasad Tripathi
|
male | Bharqviyam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2009 |
Prashasya Mitra Shastri
|
male | Anabheepsitam | Short stories | Sanskrit |
|
2008 |
Om Prakash Pandey
|
male | Rasapriya-Vibhavanam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2007 |
Hari Dutt Sharma
|
male | Lasallatika | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2006 |
Harshadev Madhav
|
male | Tava Sparshe Sparshe | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2005 |
Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan (2015) , Jnanpith Award (2023)
|
male | Sribhargavaraghaviyam | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
2004 |
Devarshi Kalanath Shastry
|
male | Akhyana Vallari | Fiction | Sanskrit |
|
|
2003 |
Bhaskaracharya Tripathi
|
male | Nirjharini | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
2002 |
Kashinath Mishra
|
male | Harsacarita-Manjari | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
2001 |
Pullella Sriramachandrudu
|
male | Ko Vai Rasah | Essays | Sanskrit |
|
|
2000 |
S. Srinivasa Sarma
|
male | Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1999 |
Srinivas Rath
|
male | Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
1998 |
Bachchoolal Awasthi
|
male | Pratanini | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
1997 |
Shyam Dev Parashar
|
male | Triveni | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1996 |
Keshab Chandra Dash
|
male | Isha | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
1995 |
Rasik Vihari Joshi
|
male | śrīrādhāpaṃcaśatī | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1994 |
Radhavallabh Tripathi
|
male | saṃdhānam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
1993 |
Jaggu Alwar Iyengar
|
male | jayantīkagadyakāvya | Prose Romance | Sanskrit |
|
|
1992 |
Hari Narayan Dikshit
|
male | bhīṣmacaritam | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
1991 |
Rewa Prasad Dwivedi
|
male | svātaṃtryasaṃbhavam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
|
1990 |
Ogeti Parikshit Sharma
|
male | śrīmatpratāparāṇāyanaṃ mahākāvyam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1989 |
Ram Karan Sharma
|
male | saṃdhyā | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1988 |
Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
|
male | ikṣugaṃdhā | Short stories | Sanskrit |
|
1987 |
Biswanarayan Shastri
|
male | avināśi | Novel | Sanskrit |
|
1986 |
Kalika Prasad Shukla
|
male | śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
|
1985 |
Vasant Trimbak Shevde
|
male | vindhyavāsinivijayamahākāvyam: | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
|
1984 |
Shrinath S. Hasurkar
|
male | siṃdhu kanyāḥ | Historical novel | Sanskrit |
|
1983 |
Pandharinathacharya Galagali
|
male | śrī śaṃbhuliṃgavijaya caṃpū | Biography | Sanskrit |
|
1982 |
P. K. Narayana Pillai
|
male | viśvabhānu | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
1981 |
Jagannath Pathak
|
male | kāpiśāyanī | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1980 |
Plakkiyil Chacko Devassia
|
male | Kristubhagavatam | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
1979 |
Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan
|
male | keralodayaḥ | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
|
1977 |
Shanti Bhikshu Shastri
|
male | buddhavijayakāvyam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1974 |
Dr. Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar
|
male | śrīśivarājyodayam | Epic poem | Sanskrit |
|
1973 |
Dr. Madhav Shrihari Aney
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan (1968)
|
male | śrītilakayaśonarṇava | Epic | Sanskrit |
|
1970 |
V. Subramanya Sastri
|
male | śabdataraṅgiṇī | Treatise on verbal cognition | Sanskrit |
|
1968 |
Satyavrat Shastri
|
male | śrīgurugovindasiṃhacaritam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1967 |
Ramaroop Pathak
|
male | Citrakāvya-kautukam | Poetry | Sanskrit |
|
1966 |
Dr. Venkatarama Raghavan
Also won:
Padma Bhushan (1962)
|
male | Bhoja\'s Sringara Prakasa | Aesthetics | Sanskrit |
|
1964 |
Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan (1964)
|
male | Tāṃtrika vāṅmaya meṃ śākta dṛṣṭi | Treatise | Sanskrit |
|
1963 |
Bhavani Narayanrao Krishnamurti Sharma
|
male | History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and its Literature | Research | Sanskrit |
|
1961 |
Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi
|
male | Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti | Research | Sanskrit |
|
1956 |
Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane
Also won:
Bharat Ratna (1963)
|
male | History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV | Research | Sanskrit |
This chart groups 57 Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit winners by Gender, across 1 distinct entry — male leads with 57 wins.
This chart tracks Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit winners by year from 1956 to 2025, spanning 57 years, with the most wins (1) recorded in 1956.
This chart groups 57 Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit winners by Language, across 1 distinct entry — Sanskrit leads with 57 wins.
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